What does yare mean?
Yare means (archaic) Ready; prepared..
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/jɛː/ · adjective
(archaic) Ready; prepared..
[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]
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Yare means (archaic) Ready; prepared..
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[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
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