Ware , v. t. [As. warian.]
To make ware; to warn;
to take heed of; to beware of; to
guard against. "Ware that I
say." Chaucer.
God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice.
Chaucer.
Then ware
a rising tempest on the main.
Dryden.
Ware , n. [AS. waru caution.]
The state of being ware
or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Ware , a. [OE. war, AS. wær.
√142. See Wary.]
A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware.
[Obs.]
She was
ware and knew it bet [better] than he.
Chaucer. Of whom be thou ware also.
2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Latimer. The only good
that grows of passed fear
Is to
be wise, and
ware of like again.
Spenser.
Ware , n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D.
waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a.]
Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his wares at wakes." Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke
to sell them their ware." Chaucer.
It the people
of the land
bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would
not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day.
Neh. x. 31. &fist; Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It
is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
Ware , n. [AS. wār.]
(Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.]
Ware goose
(Zoöl.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
Ware , v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer.
See Wear.
Ware (?), obs. imp. of Wear. Wore.
Hear it pronounced