1. A disease of African origin, characterized by cutaneoustumours, numerous and successive, swelling into pustules the size of a raspberry, and propagated by the infection of the matter.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• wyas,
• cayaws,
• naws,
• daws,
• yares,
• yads,
• yas,
• yaers,
• gaws,
• lawws,
• yaer,
• yws,
• yaeh,
• ywars,
• yars,
• naks,
• yarsd,
• aws,
• yaht,
• yaes

• yagi,
• yack,
• yak,
• Yasso.

The adjective form of the word "yaws" is "yawsy".