Lore
[lɔː] or [lɔr]
Definition
(noun.) knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; 'early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend'.
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Definition
(n.) The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
(n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(obs. imp. & p. p.) Lost.
(v. t.) That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore.
(v. t.) That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.
(v. t.) Workmanship.
Checker: Wilbur
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Learning, erudition, knowledge.
Checker: Quincy
Definition
n. (Spens.) something like a thong: (ornith.) the side of the head between the eye and the base of the upper mandible.
n. that which is learned: doctrine: learning.—n. Lor′ing (Spens.) learning.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Learning—particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books or by nature. This latter is commonly designated as folk-lore and embraces popularly myths and superstitions. In Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages the reader will find many of these traced backward through various people on converging lines toward a common origin in remote antiquity. Among these are the fables of 'Teddy the Giant Killer The Sleeping John Sharp Williams Little Red Riding Hood and the Sugar Trust Beauty and the Brisbane The Seven Aldermen of Ephesus Rip Van Fairbanks and so forth. The fable which Goethe so affectingly relates under the title of The Erl-King ' was known two thousand years ago in Greece as 'The Demos and the Infant Industry. ' One of the most general and ancient of these myths is that Arabian tale of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Rockefellers. '
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Examples
- Much of the science lore of the Arabs arose from their extensive trade, and in the practice of medicine. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He will want all that the world can give him, both of enjoyment and lore; he will, perhaps, take deep draughts at each fount. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Rudolph