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yaws

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. yaws (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)
  2. yaw (noun)
  3. yaw (verb)
  4. yaws fly (noun)
  5. crab yaws (noun plural)
  6. forest yaws (noun)

yaws

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \ˈyȯz\

Definition of YAWS

: a contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement —called also frambesia

Origin of YAWS

probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean
First Known Use: 1679

Rhymes with YAWS

cause, 'cause, clause, gauze, hawse, pause, tawse

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