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It means it's late enough in the day to have a drink. It's an old sailing term: the yards on a ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts from which the square sails are hung; and the yardarm is the tapered end of the yard. In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun would reach the height of the end of the yard (the yardarm) at around 11 am - signaling the time for the morning tipple of grog (watered-down rum).
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What is the meaning of sunlight?
The light of the sun.
Have probes gone past the sun?
??? 1) none past the solar system ... nothing has made it to the Ort cloud yet. 2) do you mean the other side of the sun? In that case yes.
What is the meaning of the name helium?
The name helium is derived from the Greek word helioswith the meaning of sun.
What is meaning for the name RAVI?
The name Ravi is of Indian origin and means "sun" or "radiant". It is a common name in India and is often given to boys.
What language does helium come from?
The name "helium" comes from the Greek word "ἥλιος" (helios), meaning "sun." Helium was first discovered in the spectrum of the sun before it was found on Earth.
When the sun is below the yardarm?
means when the sun is low on the horizon -- early morning or late afternoon.
What is a yardarm?
A yardarm is the outer end of a yard on a ship.
What is a sentence for yardarm?
When strong winds occurred, the yardarm moved furiously on the bow of the ship.
What is the correct grammar for the following sentence i laid in the sun?
I lay in the sun. (The verb in this sentence is intransitive, meaning it does not have an object, so you should use the past tense of the verb to lie, which is lay. The similar-meaning verb to lay, the past tense of which is laid, is a transitive verb, so the subject of the sentence would need to lay something "in the sun.")
What is the past participle of sun?
The past participle of "sun" is "sunned."
What do you call the outer end of a ship's main spar?
yardarm
What is meaning of past tense?
For the present continuous form "is meaning" or "are meaning," the past continuous form are "was meaning" and "were meaning."(For the verb to mean, the simple past tense is meant.)
What is the past tense of meaning?
The past simple tense is meant.(pronounced ment)The present perfect tense is have/hasmeant, and the past perfect tense is had meant.The past progressive tense is was meaning / were meaning.The past perfect progressive is had been meaning.
What are the the past tense and the past participle of lie?
The past tense and the past participle of the verb 'to lie', meaning 'to tell an untruth', are both 'lied': 'I lied when I told you I loved you.' 'I have lied to you ever since we met.' The past tense of the verb 'to lie', meaning 'to be situated', is 'lay', and the past participle is 'lain': 'I lay on a towel on the beach in the sun.' 'I have lain there every day this week.'
What is a sail supporter?
Halyard, mast and boom (or yardarm) support the sails.
What is the past tense of the sun set in the west?
It's the same - the sun set in the west. Set is an irregular verb. The past tense is also 'set'.
Aztec is a word meaning sun god?
no its not a word meaning sun god
