wares
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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. See also -ware.
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:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English waru; cognate with German Ware
before 1000; Middle English; Old English waru; cognate with German Ware
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adjective
1.
watchful, wary, or cautious.
2.
aware; conscious.
verb (used with object)
3.
to beware of (usually used in the imperative).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English wær (adj.); cognate with German gewahr aware, Old Norse varr
before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English wær (adj.); cognate with German gewahr aware, Old Norse varr
noun Scot. and North England.
the first season in the year; spring.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse vār spring; perhaps akin to Latin vēr (see vernal), Greek éar spring
1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse vār spring; perhaps akin to Latin vēr (see vernal), Greek éar spring
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ware1 (wɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (functioning as singular) articles of the same kind or material: glassware; silverware |
| 2. | porcelain or pottery of a specified type: agateware; jasper ware |
| [Old English waru; related to Old Frisian were, Old Norse vara, Middle Dutch Ware] | |
| ware3 (wɛə) | |
| —vb | |
| dialect (Northern English), (Brit) (tr) to spend or squander | |
| [C15: of Scandinavian origin; related to Icelandic verja] | |
| wares (wɛəz) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | articles of manufacture considered as being for sale |
| 2. | any talent or asset regarded as a commercial or saleable commodity |
| 3. | (Caribbean) earthenware |
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Word Origin & History
ware
"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
"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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Science Dictionary
| -ware
A suffix that means "software," as in shareware. |
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Example sentences
He's there every day, unless it's a federal holiday, pedaling his wares from a folding chair.
For one, tourists can purchase items from the locals which will help the poor who sell their wares.
Hardly any traders spread their wares along the pavement for eager shoppers.
Poor countries can enter this global market readily, but until now they have been unable to sell their wares freely.
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