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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ORE, n. [L. as, aris, brass.
1. The compound of a metal and some other substance, as oxygen, sulphur or carbon, called its mineralizer, by which its properties are disguised or lost. Metals found free from such combination and exhibiting naturally their appropriate character, are not called ores, but native metals.
2. Metal; as the liquid ore.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
2: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

Merriam Webster's

or Oreg abbreviation Oregon

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English or, oor, partly from Old English ?ra ore; partly from Old English ?r brass; akin to Old High German ?r bronze, Latin aes copper, bronze Date: before 12th century 1. a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent (as metal) for which it is mined and worked 2. a source from which valuable matter is extracted II. noun (plural ore) Etymology: Swedish öre & Danish & Norwegian øre Date: 1716 — see krona, krone at money table

Britannica Concise

Aggregate of economically important minerals that is sufficiently rich to separate for a profit. Although more than 3,500 mineral species are known, only about 100 are considered ore minerals. The term originally applied only to metallic minerals (see native element) but now includes such nonmetallic substances as sulfur, calcium fluoride (fluorite), and barium sulfate (barite). Ore is always mixed with unwanted rocks and minerals, known collectively as gangue. The ore and the gangue are mined together and then separated. The desired element is then extracted from the ore. The metal may be still further refined (purified) or alloyed with other metals.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a naturally occurring solid material from which metal or other valuable minerals may be extracted. Etymology: OE ora unwrought metal, ar bronze, rel. to L aes crude metal, bronze

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ore Ore ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ore Ore, n. [AS. [=a]ra; cf. [=a]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG. [=e]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. Ora, Era.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ores) Ore is rock or earth from which metal can be obtained. ...a huge iron ore mine. N-MASS

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	ORE
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	MA
State	MASSACHUSETTS
County	FRANKLIN
County State	MA
City Name	ORANGE
Full Name	ORANGE MUNI
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"ORANGE, MA 01364"
Elevation	555
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	NEW YORK
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	01
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SE
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	046
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	002
Based Ultralight aircraft	004
Air Taxi	010000
General Aviation, Local Operations	010000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	030000
Latitude	42.5701263889
Longitude	-72.2886102778
State FIPS code	25
State Postal Code	MA
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	1
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

argentite, arsenopyrite, bauxite, chalcocite, cinnabar, crude, galena, iron ore, ironstone, limonite, lodestone, magnetite, mineral, mineral-bearing material, mispickel, pyrite, raw material, rich ore, rich vein, rough diamond, siderite, stibnite, unanalyzed mass, unlicked cub, untreated mineral, virgin soil