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Yawl vs Nawl - What's the difference?

yawl | nawl |

As nouns the difference between yawl and nawl

is that yawl is a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars while nawl is an awl.

As a verb yawl

is to cry out; to howl.

yawl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  • A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • To cry out; to howl;
  • ----

    nawl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An awl.
  • (Webster 1913)