[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lore \lore\, n. oe. lore, lare, as. l=ar, fr. l=aeran to
   teach; akin to d. leer teaching, doctrine, g. lehre, dan.
   laere, sw. laumra. see learn, and cf. lere, v. t.
   1. that which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge
      gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the
      whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of
      people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the
      lore of the egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore;
      folklore. "the lore of war." --fairfax.
      1913 webster

            his fair offspring, nursed in princely lore.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice;
      counsel. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            if please ye, listen to my lore.      --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. workmanship. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster loreal
see also:
learn lere 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lore \lore\ l=or, n. f. lore, l. lorum thong. zool.
      a the space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the
          corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
      b the anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
          1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lore \lore\, obs. imp.  p. p. of lose. see lose.
   lost.
   1913 webster

         neither of them she found where she them lore.
                                                  --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
lose 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lore
     n : knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early
         peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"
         syn: traditional knowledge
see also:
traditional knowledge 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "lore":
   lorelei, mishnah, spiritus mundi, sunna, talmud, ancient wisdom,
   archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, bibliography,
   body of knowledge, body of learning, charm, common law, culture,
   custom, cyclopedia, doctrine, encyclopedia, erudition, ethos,
   fable, fairy lore, fairyism, femme fatale, folk motif, folklore,
   folktale, folkway, immemorial usage, information, knowledge,
   learning, legend, literature, materials, myth, mythical lore,
   mythicism, mythology, mythos, popular belief, publications,
   racial memory, science, seductress, spell, store of knowledge,
   superstition, superstitiousness, system of knowledge, temptress,
   tradition, traditionalism, traditionality, traditions,
   treasury of information, wisdom

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

lore
     
        1. object-oriented language for knowledge representation.
        "etude et realisation d'un language objet: lore", y. caseau,
        these, paris-sud, nov 1987.
     
        2. cge, marcoussis, france.  set-based language same as 1?
        e-mail: christophe dony 
     
     

[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

lore, n.  learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from
a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult
books, or by nature.  this latter is commonly designated as folk-lore
and embraces popularly myths and superstitions.  in baring-gould's
_curious myths of the middle ages_ the reader will find many of these
traced backward, through various people son converging lines, toward a
common origin in remote antiquity.  among these are the fables of
"teddy the giant killer," "the sleeping john sharp williams," "little
red riding hood and the sugar trust," "beauty and the brisbane," "the
seven aldermen of ephesus," "rip van fairbanks," and so forth.  the
fable with goethe so affectingly relates under the title of "the erl-
king" was known two thousand years ago in greece as "the demos and the
infant industry."  one of the most general and ancient of these myths
is that arabian tale of "ali baba and the forty rockefellers."

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