Ore

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1. Noun

Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.

2. Noun

The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

3. Noun

A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

4. Noun

Metal; as, the liquid ore.

5. Noun

a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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