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ware

1  [wair]
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–noun
1. 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

ware

2  [wair] 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

ware

3  [wair]
–verb (used with object), wared, war⋅ing. Scot. and North England.
to spend; expend.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON verja to spend, invest

ware

4  [wair]
–noun Scot. and North England.
the first season in the year; spring.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ON vār spring; perh. akin to L vēr (see vernal ), Gk éar spring
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ware 1   (wâr)   
n.  
  1. An article of commerce.
  2. 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.]
ware 2   (wâr)   
tr.v.   wared, war·ing, wares Archaic
To beware of.
adj.   Obsolete
  1. Watchful; wary.
  2. 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

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

Ware

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

Ware

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.]

Ware

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.

Ware

Ware\, a. [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See Wary.] 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 ware of like again. --Spenser.

Ware

Ware\, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

Ware

Ware\, v. 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.
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Language Translation for : ware
Spanish: artículos de (plata, *cristal),
German: die …-ware,
Japanese: －製品
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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."

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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