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yar | lar |

As a verb yar

is to snarl; gnar.

As an adjective yar

is sour; brackish or yar can be quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

As an abbreviation lar is

(liquid argon).

yar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To snarl; gnar.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sour; brackish.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
    • 1940' ''My, she was '''yar ...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.'' -
  • * 1958 , Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
    • ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
    1993' ''Arr, here be a fine vessel: the '''yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister
    Synonyms
    * yare

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    lar

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A household or ancestral god in ancient Rome
  • *
  • The lar gibbon.

    • Usage notes

    (Lares) The first sense is most often used in English as the capitalized plurale tantum'' Lares. It is more often pluralized lares''' as in Latin than ' lars .

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