ware

n. [ AS. waru caution. ] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See Wear. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Wear. Wore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ As. warian. ] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. “Ware that I say.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. war, AS. wær. √142. See Wary. ] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She was ware and knew it bet [ better ] than he. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of whom be thou ware also. 2. Tim. iv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only good that grows of passed fear
Is to be wise, and ware of like again. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wār. ] (Bot.) Seaweed. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ware goose (Zool.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wary; watchful; cautious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wariness; cautiousness. [ Obs. ] “Full of warefulness.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]