YARE
\jˈe͡ə], \jˈeə], \j_ˈeə]\
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Ready: quick: dexterous: eager-said of persons, and especially of sailors; as, to be yare at the helm. "Be yare in thy preparation."-Shak.: easily wrought: answering quickly to the helm: swift: lively-said of a ship. "The lesser (ship) will come and go, leave and take, and is yare, whereas the other is slow."-Raleigh.
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Briskly: dexterously: yarely. Shak.
By Daniel Lyons
