lore

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject. See Synonyms at knowledge.
2. n. Knowledge acquired through education or experience.
3. n. Archaic Material taught or learned.
4. n. The space between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird or between the eye and nostril of a snake.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. That which is taught; instruction; counsel; admonition; teaching; lesson.
2. n. That which is learned; any store of knowledge; learning; erudition.
3. n. Synonyms Learning, Erudition, etc. (see literature), attainments, acquirements.
4. n. Preterit and past participle of Ieese.
5. n. Loss.
6. n. Anything suggesting a thong.
7. n. In ornithology, the side of the head between the eye and the base of the upper mandible. This space is definitely marked in some birds, as herons and grebes, by being naked; and in others by some special kind of feathering, as the bristly plumules of a hawk.
8. n. In herpetology, a region on the side of the head between the eye and the nostril, where certain plates called lorals may be present.
9. n. In entomology, a corneous angular process in the mouth of some insects, by means of which the trophi are put forth or retracted. Also lora.

Wiktionary

1. n. all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
2. n. The backstory created around a fictional universe.
3. n. obsolete workmanship
4. n. anatomy The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
2. n. The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
3. Lost.
4. n. 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
5. n. That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.
6. n. obsolete Workmanship.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote