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1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xix. 43/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The woars of the seas.

1592 in J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (1723) App. 85 To forbid and restraine the burning or takinge up of any sea oare within the ile of Thanet.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 27^v This Floteore is now and then found naturally formed like rufs, combs, and such like.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 52 Weir or Waar;..Sea-wrack... The Thanet men (saith Somner) call it wore or woore.

a1800 Dr. T. More in J. Ray S. & E. Words (1874) Oore, sea-wrack.

1819 J. B. Trotter Walks through Ireland 194 Great quantities of sea-wrach, or woar, as they call it, thrown up on these coasts [of Wexford].

1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland I. 73 His little car, which was filled with sea ore.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Ore,..sea-weed, used for manure. South.

1870 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 6 384 In applying the seaweed, they often carefully separate the species... Thus, to use local terms, they find that Thongs (Himanthalia lorea), Sedge (Enteromorpha), and Blade Ore (Laminaria) are specially adapted for potatoes; whilst Crabby Ore (Fucus serratus) is best for wheat.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Ore, sea-weeds washed on shore by the tides.

1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. South Pembrokeshire Ore, sea-weed.

2004 B. Colfer Hook Peninsula, County Wexford 189/2 An early summer storm was welcomed, at least by farmers, as it brought the first crop of seaweed (called woar) on to the beaches, where it was collected for use as a fertiliser.