Definitions for: Ore

[n] a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
[n] a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined

Webster (1913) Definition: Ore ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Ore, n. [AS. [=a]ra; cf. [=a]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG.
[=e]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes,
Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. Ora, Era.]
1. The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined,
as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc.
Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen,
sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

2. (Mining) A native metal or its compound with the rock in
which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw
out what is worthless.

3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] --Milton.

Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is
reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. --Raymond.

See Also: concentrate, Danish krone, dressed ore, fractional monetary unit, iron ore, krona, krone, lead ore, mineral, Norwegian krone, pay dirt, subunit, Swedish krona, uranium ore

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