Thesaurus: ore

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1. n. Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
2. 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 the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
3. n. 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.
4. n. Metal; as, the liquid ore.
5. n. a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
6. n. a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
7. Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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). 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. 3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] Milton. Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. Raymond.
8. Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]Chaucer.
9. n:100 n. a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined n. a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona