"ware" meaning in English

See ware in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: more ware [comparative], most ware [superlative]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{inh|en|enm|ware}} Middle English ware, {{inh|en|ang|wær}} Old English wær, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*war}} Proto-West Germanic *war, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waraz}} Proto-Germanic *waraz Head templates: {{en-adj}} ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
  1. (poetic) Aware. Tags: poetic Derived forms: aware, beware, unware
    Sense id: en-ware-en-adj-flA38BQl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: more ware [comparative], most ware [superlative]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waren|t=to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard}} Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), {{inh|en|ang|warian}} Old English warian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*warōn}} Proto-West Germanic *warōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*warōną}} Proto-Germanic *warōną, {{cog|stq|woarje|t=to guard}} Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
  1. (obsolete) Wary; cautious. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: wary Related terms: ward
    Sense id: en-ware-en-adj--krN3U04
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: wares [plural]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”) and Swedish vara, with the same meaning. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{inh|en|enm|ware}} Middle English ware, {{inh|en|ang|waru}} Old English waru, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*waru}} Proto-West Germanic *waru, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*warō|t=attention}} Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wer-|t=to watch, keep guard}} Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), {{cog|nl|waar|t=goods offered for sale or use}} Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”), {{cog|sv|vara}} Swedish vara Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)
  1. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. Tags: in-compounds, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-J0KuAy40
  2. (in the plural) See wares. Tags: in-plural, uncountable, usually Translations (product): изделие (izdelie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 货物 (huòwù) (Chinese Mandarin), varo (Esperanto), tavara (Finnish), kauppatavara (Finnish), Ware [feminine] (German), áru (Hungarian), Waar [feminine] (Hunsrik), varo (Ido), perangkat (Indonesian), merce (Italian), mercanzia (Italian), (shina) (Japanese), vare (Norwegian), towar [masculine] (Polish), това́р (továr) [masculine] (Russian), mercancía [feminine] (Spanish), vara [common-gender] (Swedish), emtia (Turkish), meta (Turkish), eşya (Turkish), mal (Turkish), malmalzeme (Turkish), това́р (továr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), крам (kram) (Ukrainian), ви́роби (výroby) (Ukrainian), nwydd [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-Rl3NuK4u Disambiguation of 'product': 26 41 33 0 0
  3. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-am9ocrWH
  4. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-runao1Jk Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  5. (Ireland) Crockery. Tags: Ireland, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Algae
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-UN~ilOdn Disambiguation of Algae: 0 2 6 3 2 6 33 13 23 1 5 1 5 1 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Hunsrik translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 8 1 3 5 26 16 20 0 6 2 6 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 3 4 7 2 4 3 28 16 15 1 4 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 0 1 0 0 13 2 2 4 2 1 2 15 7 12 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 0 17 2 1 5 1 1 1 17 8 14 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 0 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 13 2 7 12 66 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 13 2 7 12 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 12 2 6 6 55 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 5 9 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 8 6 11 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 5 9 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 3 7 8 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 3 14 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hunsrik translations: 8 4 3 4 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 7 11 2 4 6 62 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 16 4 15 12 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 11 2 5 6 59 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 3 7 7 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 4 10 14 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 13 5 9 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 4 10 24 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 3 7 7 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 2 7 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 7 9 13 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 7 9 13 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 9 6 6 9 44 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 15 2 9 9 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wor (in sewor) from Old English wār (“seaweed”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. Cognate with Scots wair (“seaweed”), Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wor}} Middle English wor, {{inh|en|ang|wār||seaweed}} Old English wār (“seaweed”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wīraz}} Proto-Germanic *wīraz, {{cog|sco|wair|t=seaweed}} Scots wair (“seaweed”), {{cog|nl|wier||seaweed}} Dutch wier (“seaweed”), {{cog|dum|wier||seaweed}} Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} ware
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Derived forms: ware goose
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-fzx6UL2i Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: wares [plural]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English ware, from Old Norse vár (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wazrą. Cognate with Icelandic vor (“spring”), Swedish vår (“spring”), Danish vår (“spring”), Scots ware, wair (“spring”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ware}} Middle English ware, {{der|en|non|vár|t=spring}} Old Norse vár (“spring”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wazrą}} Proto-Germanic *wazrą, {{cog|is|vor|t=spring}} Icelandic vor (“spring”), {{cog|sv|vår|t=spring}} Swedish vår (“spring”), {{cog|da|vår|t=spring}} Danish vår (“spring”), {{cog|sco|ware}} Scots ware Head templates: {{en-noun}} ware (plural wares)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Spring, springtime. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-ware-en-noun-PFbuC4nO Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 0 1 0 0 13 2 2 4 2 1 2 15 7 12 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 0 17 2 1 5 1 1 1 17 8 14 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: wares [present, singular, third-person], waring [participle, present], wared [participle, past], wared [past]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waren|t=to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard}} Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), {{inh|en|ang|warian}} Old English warian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*warōn}} Proto-West Germanic *warōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*warōną}} Proto-Germanic *warōną, {{cog|stq|woarje|t=to guard}} Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ware-en-verb-6mXIT3TU
  2. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ware-en-verb-mqEHaVOF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (beware of something): -aj (Ido), diffidare (Italian), stare all'erta (Italian), берегти́ся (berehtýsja) (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 3 Disambiguation of 'beware of something': 0 0

Verb

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg Forms: wares [present, singular, third-person], waring [participle, present], wared [participle, past], wared [past]
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
  1. (nautical) To wear, or veer. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-ware-en-verb-AxEn~Ta~ Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ware
  1. Old eye dialect spelling of were.
    Sense id: en-ware-en-verb-lbtm9PuJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Verb

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ware.ogg
enPR: wâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ware
  1. (obsolete) simple past of wear Tags: form-of, obsolete, past Form of: wear
    Sense id: en-ware-en-verb-SJOaIrzt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1485 July 14, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in William Caxton, editor, Le Morte D’Arthur, volume 1:",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Cizhou ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Corded Ware culture"
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      "word": "crouch ware"
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      "word": "Della Robbia ware"
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      "word": "Iga ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "iridescent ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Iznik ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jackfield ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jasperware"
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    {
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      "word": "Ju ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Karatsu ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Kubachi ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lava ware"
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      "word": "Limoges ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Minyan ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Nabeshima ware"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Oribe ware"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Orvieto ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Palissy ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Quimper ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rustic ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ru ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Samian ware"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sanitary ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Satsuma ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Sèvres ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Shino ware"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Torquay ware"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "ref": "1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750–1800:",
          "text": "Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.",
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          "ref": "2002 March 28, “Kenya National Assembly Official Record”, in parliamentary debates:",
          "text": "On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.",
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          "ref": "2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em:",
          "text": "What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Julie Watson, Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, page 179:",
          "text": "Artisans sell their ware in the historic district at the lower level of the Soldier's Barracks.",
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        }
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        "(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use."
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          "text": "1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː\nWare the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee."
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          "text": "c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː\nWare avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true."
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          "text": "c. 1470, The Macro Playsː\n‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly."
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        {
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      "word": "Abruzzi ware"
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      "word": "Della Robbia ware"
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      "word": "iridescent ware"
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      "word": "Iznik ware"
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      "word": "Jackfield ware"
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      "word": "jasperware"
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      "word": "Ju ware"
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      "word": "Karatsu ware"
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      "word": "Limoges ware"
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      "word": "Minyan ware"
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      "word": "Nabeshima ware"
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      "word": "Oribe ware"
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      "word": "Orvieto ware"
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    {
      "word": "Palissy ware"
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      "word": "Quimper ware"
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      "word": "rustic ware"
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      "word": "Ru ware"
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      "word": "Samian ware"
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      "word": "sanitary ware"
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      "word": "Satsuma ware"
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      "word": "Sèvres ware"
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      "word": "Shino ware"
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      "word": "Torquay ware"
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          "text": "On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.",
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          "ref": "2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em:",
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      "code": "it",
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          "text": "Againſt this ther ware many objections made by the creditors, viz., that quoad the 9000 lƀ. a year contained in his contract of marriage, they ware præferable, being præferable and prior creditors, and ſo he was ſucceſſor titulo lucrativo poſt contractum debitum; and as to the 6000 lƀ. per annum added, 1^(o.) before that letter they had a jus quæſitum by the ſignitor; 2^(do.) They had rights præferable.",
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          "text": "He ware upon his head a diademe of purple interpaled with white, like as Darius was accustomed.",
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