Sekirov Dictionary

yare

UK /jɛː/US /jɛɹ/

adjective 4
adverb 1
forms 4

adjective4

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(dialect, UK) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly. — 1595
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Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
- The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow. — 1587
Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
(no longer used) Ready; prepared.

adverb1

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(no longer used) Yarely.
- Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…] — 1610

forms

more yare · yarer · most yare · yarest

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