ware

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.

   • Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.
   • On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.
   • What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.
2. 2

   See wares.

3. 3

   Pottery or metal goods.

   • damascene ware, tole ware
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   1. 4

      A style or genre of artifact.

   2. 5

      Crockery.

   3. 6

      Aware.

      • And in like wise as she said so they departed, that neither the king nor none of his council were ware of their departing.
      • But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse. For thou and I walk here impalpable and invisible, as it were two dreams walking.
   4. 7

      To be ware or mindful of something.

      • 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.
      • c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.
      • c. 1470, The Macro Playsː ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.
   5. 8

      To protect or guard (especially oneself)

      To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.

      • Ware thee.
   6. 9

      Wary

      Wary; cautious.

      • He is ware inough; he is wilye, and circumſpect for ſtirring vp any ſedition.
      • Of whom be thou ware also.
      • Be he quite wary, as wood is ware of fire, as thigh of bramble or of thistle, he, who may be thinking to mislead these beeves or to mispossess this cattle.
   7. 10

      Seaweed

      Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack.

   8. 11

      Alternative form of wear (“to veer or bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by…

      Alternative form of wear (“to veer or bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern”)

      • The Ship wares bravely, steddy, steddy; she is before it. […] The Ship wares round, so right the Helm; hard up.
      • ... to ware to the eastward.
   9. 12

      Spring, springtime.

   10. 13

       Old eye dialect spelling of were.

       • c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise A larg concors ware standing round
   11. 14

       simple past of wear

   12. 15

       A placename

       A placename:

   13. 16

       A surname.

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