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Ore (ōr), n. [AS. ār.] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. [Obs.]  Chaucer.

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Ore, n. [AS. ōra; cf. ār brass, bronze, akin to OHG. ēr, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. √210.  Cf. Ora, Era.]

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    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).

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    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.

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    3. Metal; as, “the liquid ore”. [R.]  Milton.

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    Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth.  Raymond.

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