Or"dur*ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. Drayton.
Ore (r), n. [AS. r.] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Ore, n. [AS. ra; cf. r brass, bronze, akin to OHG. r, G. ehern brazen,
Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. √210. Cf.
Ora, Era.]
1. 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).
2. (Mining) 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.