ware

10 definitions found

ware - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ware \Ware\, a. [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See Wary.]
     A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard.
     See Beware. [Obs.]
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           She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           Of whom be thou ware also.               --2. Tim. iv.
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           He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for
           stirring up any sedition.                --Latimer.
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           The only good that grows of passed fear
           Is to be wise, and ware of like again.   --Spenser.
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  Ware \Ware\, obs. imp. of Wear.
     Wore.
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  Ware \Ware\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To wear, or veer. See Wear.
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  Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.)
     Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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     Ware goose (Zool.), the brant; -- so called because it
        feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Ware \Ware\, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare,
     Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See
     Worth, a.]
     Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular
     kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in
     the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his
     wares at wakes." --Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke to
     sell them their ware." --Chaucer.
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           It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on
           the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of
           them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. --Neh. x. 31.
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     Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it
           admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise
           of different kinds are meant. It is often used in
           composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
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  Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. waru caution.]
     The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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  Ware \Ware\, v. t. [As. warian.]
     To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to
     guard against. "Ware that I say." --Chaucer.
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           God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. --Chaucer.
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           Then ware a rising tempest on the main.  --Dryden.
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ware - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ware
      n 1: articles of the same kind or material; usually used in
           combination: `silverware', `software'
      2: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on
         having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of
         products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product]
      v 1: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume,
           squander, waste, ware]

ware - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Ware, MA (CDP, FIPS 72845)
    Location: 42.25319 N, 72.24547 W
    Population (1990): 6533 (2849 housing units)
    Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 01082

ware - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ware":
     alive, apprehensive, article, article of commerce,
     article of merchandise, au courant, awake, catalog goods,
     cognizant, commodities, commodity, conscious, consumer goods,
     consumer items, conversant, drug, effects, feature, goods,
     goods for sale, inventory, item, job lot, knowing, lead item,
     leader, line, line of goods, loss leader, mail-order goods,
     merchandise, product, seconds, sensible, sideline, special,
     standard article, staple, staple item, staples, stock,
     stock-in-trade, vendible, vendibles, wares