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Yaws

noun
1.
An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions.  Synonyms: frambesia, framboesia.





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"Yaws" Quotes from Famous Books



... anchor has been catted, The timid ratlines flee, Careening and carousing She yaws ...
— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley
... "Yaws like a fellow with his grog aboard, Sir Gervaise, on my honour! We shall never do any thing with her, until you consent to let us stay her spars, in our own fashion. Do you intend to send me Daly back, or am I to play first ...
— The Two Admirals • J. Fenimore Cooper


Words linked to "Yaws" :   infectious disease, framboesia, frambesia


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