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▪ I. † wore, n. Obs. Of doubtful origin and meaning; perh. identical with ware n.1, ore5 (OE. wár) seaweed, but possibly repr. OE. wára, wárum, glossing med.L. sablonum, sablonibus ? sandy or pebbly shore (see, however, note in Napier's O.E. Glosses, p. 49).
a1310Alysoun iv. in Wright Lyric P. 28 Icham for wowyng al forwake, wery so water in wore. 13..Maximon in Böddeker Altengl. Dicht. 249 Y wake as water in wore; iesu crist, þin ore! ▪ II. † wore, v.1 Obs. rare. Also wori. [perh. to be referred to OE. wórian only intr. to wander, f. wōr, root of wérig weary a., q.v.] trans. To trouble, disturb, confuse.
a1225Ancr. R. 386 Þis mong woreð [v.r. weorreð] so þe eien of þe heorte þet heo ne mei iknowen God. c1230Hali Meid. (MS. Bodl.) 714 Þet hare flesches eggunge, ne þe feondes fondunge..ne wori [v.r. weorri] hare heorte wit. a1310in Wright Lyric P. iv. 24 Ther afterward this worldes won with muchel unwynne us woren wolde. ▪ III. † wore, v.2 Naut. Obs. pa. tense of wear v.2 irreg. used for inf.
1744J. Philips Jrnl. Exped. Anson 8 At 8 made the Signal to wore Ship. Ibid. 41 Fresh Gales..which obliged most of the Ships to wore and bear down to the Leeward. ▪ IV. wore|wɔə(r)| pa. tense of wear v.1; pa. tense and pple. of wear v.2 ▪ V. wore obs. pa. tense of be v.; obs. f. ore2, ore5; var. ware n.6 Obs. |