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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