a. Also yawey. [f. YAW(S, YAW sb.2 + -Y1.] Affected with or characteristic of yaws.
1679. Trapham, Disc. Health Jamaica, ix. 119. The Yawy Patients.
1744. Med. Essays Soc. Edinb., V. II. 794. The Yawy Matter.
1888. Encycl. Brit., XXIV. 732/2. If the yawey matter finds access to a pre-existing sore or ulcer.
