What's the difference between snotter and yardarm?

Snotter


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To snivel; to cry or whine.
  • (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

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Yardarm


Definition:

  • (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) – as though there were an erotica yardarm, and we all knew when it was.
  • (2) You’ll have to stack various kinds of cargo on to a wooden ship, either on deck or dangling precariously from the yardarms.
  • (3) When the sun is so bright it obliterates the yardarm, that is as good as an invitation to go to the pub.
  • (4) Subsequent drooping of the shoulder with mild weakness of the affected upper extremity seems related to the loss of normal arcuate shoulder motion that is dependent upon the yardarm function of the clavicle.

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