ore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ore	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ore n a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ore \Ore\ ([omac]r), n. [AS. [be]r.] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ore \Ore\, n. [AS. [amac]ra; cf. [be]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG. [emac]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. {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) 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.