Ware
[weə] or [wɛr]
Definition
(noun.) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'.
Editor: Matt--From WordNet
Definition
(imp.) Wore.
(v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear.
(n.) Seaweed.
(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.
(a.) A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware.
(n.) The state of being ware or aware; heed.
(v. t.) To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
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Definition
adj. aware.—v.t. to take care of.
n. (used generally in pl.) merchandise: commodities: goods.—v.t. (obs.) to expend lay out.—n. Ware′house a house or store for wares or goods.—v.t. to deposit in a warehouse.—ns. Ware′houseman a man who keeps or is employed in a warehouse or wholesale store; Ware′housing the act of depositing goods in a warehouse; Ware′room a room where goods are exposed for sale.—Warehousing system the plan of allowing importers of dutiable goods to store them in a government warehouse without payment of duties until ready to bring the goods into market.—Benares ware a fine ornamental metal-work made at Benares and other places in India; Delft ware (see Delf); Small ware wares textile articles of a small kind—e.g. tape bindings and braids of cotton silk &c.; buttons hooks &c.: trifles; Tunbridge ware inlaid or mosaic wood-work manufactured at Tunbridge; Wedgwood ware a superior kind of pottery invented by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) ornamented by white cameo reliefs on a blue ground and the like; Welsh ware a yellowish-brown earthenware with a transparent glaze.
in B. pa.t. of wear.
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Examples
- The girl came in and walked across to the low table by the hearth and picked up the enameled-ware bowls and brought them to the table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The back of his ware is never all the same color, but usually mottled with several colors, often yellow, blue, and brown. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Each age has handed down to us from many countries specimens of glass ware which will compare favourably in beauty and finish with any that can be made to-day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Let him 'ware them, when no man can't find a rag of his dear relation's clothes, nor yet a bone of his body. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They had little originality, and speedily became servile copyists, so that Palissy ware for a time lost the high place it had held. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Let him 'ware them, when he's lost his nevvy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He brought me a lovely tropical parrot in faience, of Dresden ware, also a man ploughing, and two mice climbing up a stalk, also in faience. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Enamelled ware is no longer confined to pottery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By Saint Dunstan, said the Friar, I found him where I sought for better ware! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- For the making of ribbons and other kind of narrow ware, the needle power loom has been invented, in which the fine weft thread is carried through the web by a needle instead of a shuttle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Skeggs, with his palmetto on and his cigar in his mouth, walks around to put farewell touches on his wares. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was no market for his wares, and after months of actual destitution he pawned the model of his sewing-machine and even his patent papers in order to secure funds to pay his passage home. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With those engaged on night duty he got midnight lunch from an old Irishman called the Cake Man, who appeared regularly with his wares at 12 midnight. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When manufacturers treat their wares to as little burnishing as possible, practically relying upon the buff alone for their finish after plating, the result is most unsatisfactory. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When they had felt the mattress, the young woman asked the old man seated on a stool among his wares, how much it was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She and Birkin went unwillingly down the narrow aisle between the rusty wares. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I think they are both ladies, returned Mrs. Scott Waring. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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