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▪ I. ory, a.1|ˈɔərɪ| Also 7 orie, 7–9 orey. [f. ore2 + -y.] Of the nature of, containing, or resembling ore; metallic.
1549Privy Council Acts II. 349/1 Trowes of ory powder, ij dousen. 1628H. Burton Israel's Fast 32 Out of whose Oarie Bowels the King of England may dig richer Mettals. 1756Gentl. Mag. XXVI. 430 Nor does its orey substance at all penetrate the ground. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xxix. 19 The spoil from out Iberia, known to Tagus' amber ory stream. ▪ II. ory, a.2 see ore 5. |