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lore1 definition

lore (lôr)

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. a teaching or being taught; instruction
    2. something taught
  2. knowledge or learning; specif., all the knowledge of a particular group or having to do with a particular subject, esp. that of a traditional nature

Etymology: ME < OE lar, learning, teaching, akin to Ger lehre, teaching: see learn

lore2 definition

lore (lôr)

noun

the space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish

Etymology: ModL lorum < L, thong < IE *wloro- < base *wel- > Gr eulēra, reins

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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