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644 words match “LORE”

LORE p. 6 definitions
Lost. Neither of them she found where she them lore. Spenser.
LOREAL; LORAL a.
Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.
LOREL n.
A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOREN p.
of Lose. Chaucer.
LORESMAN n.
An instructor. [Obs.] Gower.
LORETO NUNS; LORETTO NUNS n.
ad over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.
LORETTE n.
es herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.
LORETTINE n.
One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.…
AD VALOREM n.
invoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
ASH-COLORED a.
Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
BICOLOR; BICOLORED a.
Of two colors.
BLORE n.
The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.] A most tempestuous blore. Chapman.
CALORESCENCE n.
The conversion of obscure radiant heat info kight; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyndall.
CHRYSOCHLORE n.
A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.
COLORED a. 5 definitions
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.
CREAM-COLORED a.
Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." Hazlitt.
DEPLORE v. 4 definitions
grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope.
DEPLOREDLY adv.
Lamentably.
DEPLOREDNESS n.
The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] Bp. Hail.
DEPLOREMENT n.
Deploration. [Obs.]
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