Ore , n. [AS. āra; 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.]
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.
Ore (ōr), n. [AS. ār.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced