local. Obs. Also yaw. (See quots.)
1748. W. Brownrigg, Art of Making Common Salt, II. iv. 131. At the Lemington works … They boil the brine violently till a thin skin of salt appears on its surface. [Note] They say then that the brine begins to yew.
1828–32. Webster, Yaw, To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the sugar works…. West Indies. Ibid., Yew, to rise, as scum on the brine in boiling at the salt works.
