Ore
Ore (ōr) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon ār.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Ore , noun
[Anglo-Saxon ōra; compare ār brass, bronze, akin to Old High German ēr, German ehern brazen, Icelandic eir brass, Gothic ais, Latin aes, Sanskrit ayas iron. r210. Compare 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. [Rare] — Milton
Collocations (1)
Ore hearth , a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. — Raymond