lore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lore	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for lore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lore n knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" Synonym(s): lore, traditional knowledge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lore \Lore\, n. [OE. lore, lare, AS. l[be]r, fr. l[?]ran to teach; akin to D. leer teaching, doctrine, G. lehre, Dan. l[91]re, Sw. l[84]ra. See {Learn}, and cf. {Lere}, v. t.] 1. 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. [bd]The lore of war.[b8] --Fairfax. His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore. --Milton. 2. That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel. --Chaucer. If please ye, listen to my lore. --Spenser. 3. Workmanship. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lore \Lore\, n. [F. lore, L. lorum thong.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes. (b) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lore \Lore\, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Lose}. [See {Lose}.] Lost.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lore 1. Object-oriented language for knowledge representation. "Etude et Realisation d'un Language Objet: LORE", Y. Caseau, These, Paris-Sud, Nov 1987. 2. CGE, Marcoussis, France. Set-based language [same as 1?] E-mail: Christophe Dony