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–noun

Usually, wares.

a.	articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: a peddler selling his wares.

b.	any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable: an actor advertising his wares.

2.	a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination): silverware; glassware.

3.	pottery, or a particular kind of pottery: delft ware.

4.	Archaeology. a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE waru; c. G Ware

]

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Audio Help [wair] Pronunciation Key adjective, verb, wared, war·ing. Archaic.

–adjective

1.	watchful, wary, or cautious.

2.	aware; conscious.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to beware of (usually used in the imperative).

[Origin: bef. 900; ME (adj. and v.); OE wær (adj.); c. G gewahr aware, ON varr

]

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–verb (used with object), wared, war·ing. Scot. and North England.

to spend; expend.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME < ON verja to spend, invest

]

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–noun Scot. and North England.

the first season in the year; spring.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < ON vār spring; perh. akin to L vér (see vernal), Gk éar spring

]

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ware¹ Audio Help (wâr) Pronunciation Key
n.

An article of commerce.
An immaterial asset or benefit, such as a service or personal accomplishment, regarded as an article of commerce.

[Middle English, from Old English waru, goods; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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ware² Audio Help   (wâr) Pronunciation Key
tr.v.   wared, war·ing, wares Archaic
To beware of.

adj.   Obsolete

Watchful; wary.
Aware.

[Middle English waren, from Old English warian; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots. Adj., Middle English; see wary.]

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ware (n.)

"manufactured goods, goods for sale," O.E. waru, probably originally "object of care, that which is kept in custody," from P.Gmc. *waro (cf. Swed. vara, Dan. vare, O.Fris. were, M.Du. were, Du. waar, M.H.G., Ger. ware "goods"); related to O.E. wær "aware, cautious" (see wary). Usually wares, except in compounds such as hardware, earthenware, etc. Lady ware was a jocular 17c. euphemism for "a woman's private parts."

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ware (v.)

"to take heed of, beware," O.E. warian "to guard against," from P.Gmc. *warojan, from *waro- "to guard, watch" (cf. O.Fris. waria, O.N. vara); related to O.E. wær "aware" (see wary).

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ware
noun
1.	articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: 'silverware', 'software'
2.	commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise]
verb
1.	spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume]

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-ware [weə]

manufactured articles (made of a particular material)
Example: silverware/glassware

Arabic:	أدوات مَصْنوعَه من مادَّةٍ مُعَيَّنَه
Chinese (Simplified):	（构成复合词）物品，器皿
Chinese (Traditional):	(構成復合詞)物品，器皿
Czech:	výrobky
Danish:	-tøj; -varer
Dutch:	©werk
Estonian:	-esemed
Finnish:	esineet
French:	articles de, *en
German:	die …-ware
Greek:	είδη (ως β΄ συνθ.)
Hungarian:	-áru
Icelandic:	hlutur, *vara úr
Indonesian:	barang
Italian:	oggetti di, in (…)

Japanese:	－製品
Korean:	「…제품」이란 뜻의 연결형
Latvian:	izstrādājumi; preces
Lithuanian:	gaminiai
Norwegian:	-varer, —tøy, —gods
Polish:	artykuły…
Portuguese (Portugal):	objectos de (prata, etc.)
Romanian:	articole de, *din
Russian:	материала)
Slovak:	tovar
Slovenian:	blago narejeno iz (…)
Spanish:	artículos de (plata, *cristal)
Swedish:	-varor, -gods, -artiklar, -saker
Turkish:	…den yapılmış eşyalar

See also: warehouse, wares

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Ware Shoals, SC (town, FIPS 74680) Location: 34.39011 N, 82.24423 W
Population (1990): 2497 (1122 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29692

Ware County, GA (county, FIPS 299) Location: 31.05156 N, 82.42208 W
Population (1990): 35471 (14628 housing units)
Area: 2337.7 sq km (land), 10.4 sq km (water)

Ware, MA (CDP, FIPS 72845) Location: 42.25319 N, 72.24547 W
Population (1990): 6533 (2849 housing units)
Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 01082

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Be*ware"\, v. i. [Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary.]

1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.

Beware of all, but most beware of man ! --Pope.

Beware the awful avalanche. --Longfellow.

2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]

Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. --Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.

Note: This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. "Be ye war of false prophetis." --Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.

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Ware

Sea"ware`\, n. [Cf. AS. s[=ae]w[=a]r seaweed.] (Bot.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.

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Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in da['u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the German. See Ware, a., Wary, and cf. Guard, Wraith.]

1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. --Spenser.

2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak.

The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. --Spenser.

For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden.

3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3.

I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward. --Shak.

It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser.

4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point." --Shak.

5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: (a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia." --Otway. (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.] (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden. (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.] (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

6. (a) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. (b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight.

The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. --Tomlinson.

Ward penny (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.

Ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.]

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Ware

Ware\, obs. imp. of Wear. Wore.

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Ware

Ware\, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See Wear.

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Ware\, n. [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Ware goose (Zo["o]l.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]

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Ware\, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a.] 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.

Note: 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.

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