"to take heed of, beware," Old English warian "to guard against, beware; protect, defend," from Proto-Germanic *waraz (source also of Old Frisian waria, Old Norse vara), from PIE * [..]

"manufactured goods, goods for sale," Old English waru "article of merchandise," also "protection, guard," hence probably originally "object of care, that which is k [..]

Types of ceramics; may refer to function, appearance/style, or fabric (as in cooking ware, ribbed ware, coarse ware).

articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' consume: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" merch [..]

[from `software'] suff. Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software. For examples, see careware, crippleware, crudware, freeware, fritterware, guiltware, liveware, meatware, paywar [..]

merchandise, goods warente

; malware refers to software that is meant to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s consent and, in many cases, knowledge. Malware programs include computer viruses, rootkits, spyware, and trojan horses.

(n) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'(n) commodities offered for sale(v) spend extravagantly

(See BED.)

See TO VEER. Warp

Ware: An Oyster older than 3 years.

adj. "aware, mindful; prudent, discreet," s.v. ware a. OED. KEY: ware@adj

adj 78 war 77 ware 1

n.(1) "Ware, probably in Herfordshire," place name; s.v. Wer n.(2) MED. KEY: ware@n1#propn

n1#propn 2 ware 2

n.(2) "ware, merchandise," s.v. ware n.\3 OED. KEY: ware@n2

n2 4 ware 4

an object made by hand by an artisan, usually referring to a potter or glass blower; thus the terms ‘stoneware,’ ‘earthenware,’ ‘delftware,’ ‘stemware’ or ‘glassware,’ ‘redware’ or ‘buffware’ (refers [..]

(poetic) aware