I. ˈlō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lār; akin to Old High German lēra doctrine, Old English leornian to learn — more at learn
1. archaic : something that is taught : lesson , doctrine , instruction
men admire virtue who follow not her lore — John Milton
we have learnt a different lore — S.T.Coleridge
2. : something that is learned:
a. : knowledge gained through study
have plied their book diligently and know all about some one branch or another of accepted lore — R.L.Stevenson
b. : knowledge or wisdom gained through experience
learned for themselves the lore of swift hunting in the dusk — Alan Devoe
skilled in the lore of frocks — Arnold Bennett
c. : traditional and unscientific knowledge or belief transmitted usually by word of mouth
provides lore about words which is as pleasant as it is unreliable — Charlton Laird
3.
a. : a body of knowledge relating to a particular field of learning
using anatomical and physiological lore — John Dewey
basic in all modern attitudes toward earth lore — K.F.Mather
b. : a body of traditions relating to a person, institution, or place
lectured on Scottish lore — Ashley Halsey
the lore of baseball heroes
Synonyms: see knowledge
II. noun
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Etymology: New Latin lorum, from Latin, strap; akin to Greek eulēra reins, Armenian lar rope, and probably to Greek eilein to wind, roll — more at voluble
1.
a. : the space between the eye and bill in a bird
b. : the corresponding region in a reptile or fish
2. : the anterior part of the gena of an insect