01 n. Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.
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Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.[Obs.]
Entry
4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Ore
/(ōr)/
· IPA /oɹ/
02 n. The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain …
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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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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.(Mining)
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Metal; as, the liquid ore.[R.]
Phrases & compounds
Ore hearth —
a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth.