Dictionary
ware
Pronunciation: (wâr), [key]—
n.
1. Usually,
wares.
a. articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
a peddler selling his wares.
b. any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
an actor advertising his wares.
2. a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination):
silverware; glassware.
3. pottery, or a particular kind of pottery:
delft ware.
4. Archaeol.a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.
ware
Pronunciation: (wâr), [key]
—adj., v., wared, war•ing.
Archaic.
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adj.
1. watchful, wary, or cautious.
2. aware; conscious.
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v.t.
to beware of (usually used in the imperative).
ware
Pronunciation: (wâr), [key]—
v.t., wared, war•ing.
Scot. and North Eng.
to spend; expend.
ware
Pronunciation: (wâr), [key]—
n. Scot. and North Eng.
the first season in the year; spring.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
