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Yare Yair Adjective Easily Maneuverable Nimble.  Ready Prepared

The adjective "yare" means either easily maneuverable and nimble, or ready and prepared.

Adjektivet "yare" betyder antingen lättmanövrerad och smidig, eller redo och förberedd.

Back yare \yair\
Front
adjective
1. Easily maneuverable; nimble. 
2. Ready; prepared.

[From Old English gearo/gearu (ready). Earliest documented use: 888.]

"I do desire to learn, sir; and, I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare."- William Shakespeare; Measure For Measure; 1604.

"She was a 'bonnie lass' in the words of her chief engineer; she was faithful, she was yare -- an unlikely compliment for a vessel without sails." - D.C. Riechel; German Departures; iUniverse; 2009.

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