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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lore  \Lore\,  n.  [F.  lore,  L.  lorum  thong.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  space  between  the  eye  and  bill,  in  birds,  and  the 
  corresponding  region  in  reptiles  and  fishes. 
  b  The  anterior  portion  of  the  cheeks  of  insects. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lore  \Lore\,  obs.  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Lose}.  [See  {Lose}.] 
  Lost. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lore  \Lore\,  n.  [OE.  lore,  lare,  AS  l[=a]r,  fr  l?ran  to  teach; 
  akin  to  D.  leer  teaching,  doctrine,  G.  lehre,  Dan.  l[ae]re, 
  Sw  l["a]ra.  See  {Learn},  and  cf  {Lere},  v.  t.] 
  1.  That  which  is  or  may  be  learned  or  known  the  knowledge 
  gained  from  tradition,  books,  or  experience;  often  the 
  whole  body  of  knowledge  possessed  by  a  people  or  class  of 
  people,  or  pertaining  to  a  particular  subject;  as  the 
  lore  of  the  Egyptians;  priestly  lore;  legal  lore; 
  folklore.  ``The  lore  of  war.''  --Fairfax. 
 
  His  fair  offspring,  nursed  in  princely  lore. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  taught;  hence  instruction;  wisdom;  advice; 
  counsel.  --Chaucer. 
 
  If  please  ye  listen  to  my  lore.  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  Workmanship.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lore 
  n  :  knowledge  gained  through  tradition  or  anecdote:  "early 
  peoples  passed  on  plant  and  animal  lore  through  legend" 
  [syn:  {traditional  knowledge}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Lore 
 
  1.  Object-oriented  language  for  knowledge  representation. 
  "Etude  et  Realisation  d'un  Language  Objet:  LORE",  Y.  Caseau 
  These  Paris-Sud,  Nov  1987. 
 
  2.  CGE,  Marcoussis  France.  Set-based  language  [same  as  1?] 
  E-mail:  Christophe  Dony   
 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  LORE,  n.  Learning  --  particularly  that  sort  which  is  not  derived  from 
  a  regular  course  of  instruction  but  comes  of  the  reading  of  occult 
  books,  or  by  nature.  This  latter  is  commonly  designated  as  folk-lore 
  and  embraces  popularly  myths  and  superstitions.  In  Baring-Gould's 
  _Curious  Myths  of  the  Middle  Ages_  the  reader  will  find  many  of  these 
  traced  backward,  through  various  people  son  converging  lines,  toward  a 
  common  origin  in  remote  antiquity.  Among  these  are  the  fables  of 
  "Teddy  the  Giant  Killer,"  "The  Sleeping  John  Sharp  Williams,"  "Little 
  Red  Riding  Hood  and  the  Sugar  Trust,"  "Beauty  and  the  Brisbane,"  "The 
  Seven  Aldermen  of  Ephesus,"  "Rip  Van  Fairbanks,"  and  so  forth.  The 
  fable  with  Goethe  so  affectingly  relates  under  the  title  of  "The  Erl- 
  King"  was  known  two  thousand  years  ago  in  Greece  as  "The  Demos  and  the 
  Infant  Industry."  One  of  the  most  general  and  ancient  of  these  myths 
  is  that  Arabian  tale  of  "Ali  Baba  and  the  Forty  Rockefellers." 
 
 




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