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Stopped at the village on the way where there are iron works, and saw them smelting the ore which is obtained from the neighbouring mountains, this ore is a yellow powder, and appears to be almost pure oxide.

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  1. noun A mineral or an aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent, especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English ōra and from Old English ār, brass, copper, bronze.

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  1. Early modern English also oar; from Middle English ore, or, from Anglo-Saxon ār, also œ¯r, ore, brass, copper, bronze (cf. ōra, ore, ōre, a mine), = Old Saxon *ēr (in adjective ērin = German ehern, of brass) = Old High German Middle High German ēr, brass, = Icelandic eir, brass (cf. Swedish öre = Danish öre, a copper coin, Anglo-Saxon ōra: see ora, öre), = Gothic (Moesogothic) ais (aiz-), brass, copper coin, money, = Latin æs, copper ore, bronze (see æs); cf. Sanskrit ayas, metallurgy
  2. Middle English, also are, from Anglo-Saxon ār, grace, favor, honor, = Old Saxon ēra = OFries. ēre = Dutch eer = Middle Low German ēre = Old High German ēra, Middle High German ēre, German ehre = Icelandic æra = Swedish ära = Danish ære, honor.
  3. apparently a dial. form of ware in like sense.
  4. Origin obscure.
 

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