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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, noun [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, verb (used with an object) [As. warian.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. ''Ware that I say.'' --Chaucer.
God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. --Chaucer.
Then ware a rising tempest on the main. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, obs. imp. of {Wear}. Wore.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, verb (used with an object) (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See {Wear}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, noun [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
{Ware goose} (Zo["o]l.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, noun [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, adjective See {Worth}, adjective] Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. ''Retails his wares at wakes.'' --Shak. ''To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware.'' --Chaucer.
It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. --Neh. x. 31.
Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ware \Ware\, adjective [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See {Wary}.] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See {Beware}. [Obs.]
She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. --Chaucer.
Of whom be thou ware also. --2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. --Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ware
noun: articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: silverware; software
verb: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {consume}, {squander}, {waste}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ware": alive, apprehensive, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, au courant, awake, catalog goods, cognizant, commodities, commodity, conscious, consumer goods, consumer items, conversant, drug, effects, feature, goods, goods for sale, inventory, item, job lot, knowing, lead item, leader, line, line of goods, loss leader, mail-order goods, merchandise, product, seconds, sensible, sideline, special, standard article, staple, staple item, staples, stock, stock-in-trade, vendible, vendibles, wares
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
-ware suff. [from 'software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software. For examples, see {annoyware}, {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
-ware ["software"] Commonly used to form terms for classes of software. For examples, see {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}. [{Jargon File}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ware, MA (CDP, FIPS 72845) Location: 42.25319 N, 72.24547 W Population (1990): 6533 (2849 housing units) Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01082
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ware, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 6174 Housing Units (2000): 2906 Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.310636 sq. miles (16.344472 sq. km) FIPS code: 72845 Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25 Location: 42.259965 N, 72.245841 W ZIP Codes (1990): 01082 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ware, MA Ware
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ware -- U.S. County in Georgia Population (2000): 35483 Housing Units (2000): 15831 Land area (2000): 902.293304 sq. miles (2336.928831 sq. km) Water area (2000): 4.018689 sq. miles (10.408357 sq. km) Total area (2000): 906.311993 sq. miles (2347.337188 sq. km) Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 31.205650 N, 82.412807 W Headwords: Ware Ware, GA Ware County Ware County, GA
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