ores
plural of ore
• 'orse, EROS, Eros, ROEs, Roes, Rose, eros, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore
Source: Wiktionary
Ore, n. Etym: [AS. ar.]
Definition: Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ore, n. Etym: [AS. ; cf. ar brass, bronze, akin to OHG. , G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. Ora, Era.]
1. The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
2. (Mining)
Definition: A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.
3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] Milton. Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
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