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Webster 1913 Edition
Ware
Ware
,Noun.
[AS.
wār
.] (Bot.)
Seaweed.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ware goose
(Zool.)
, the brant; – so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed.
[Prov. Eng.]
Ware
,Noun.
[OE. ]
ware
, AS. waru
; akin to D. waar
, G. waare
, Icel. & Sw. vara
, Dan. vare
; and probably to E. worth
, a. See Worth
, Adj.
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.
“Retails his wares at wakes.” Shak.
“To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware.” Chaucer.
It the people of the land bring
ware
or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. Neh. x. 31.
☞ Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
Ware
,Adj.
A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one’s guard. See
Beware
. [Obs.]
She was
ware
and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer.
Of whom be thou
ware
also. 2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is
ware
enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear
Is to be wise, and
Is to be wise, and
ware
of like again. Spenser.
Ware
,Noun.
[AS.
waru
caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Ware
,Verb.
T.
[As.
warian
.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
“Ware that I say.” Chaucer.
God . . .
ware
you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer.
Then
ware
a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ware
WARE
, pret. of wear,obs.