Definition of Lores

1. lore [n] - See also: lore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lores

lordy
lore
loreal
lorel
lorelei
loreleis
lorels
lorem ipsum
lorem ipsums
loremaster
loremasters
lorentz force
lorentz gas
lorentz ionisation
lorenzenite
lores (current term)
loresman
loresmen
lorette
lorettes
lorettine
lorgnette
lorgnettes
lorgnon
lorgnons
lori
loric
lorica
loricae
loricata

Literary usage of Lores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"two white bands ; tail brown; three outer feathers with a broad white spot near tip ; lores not black. The Mot. Varla, Linnaeus, is the type of the genus, ..."

2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Centre of the forehead, lores, and a line beneath the eye black; over the eye a line of greyish white; crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, ..."

3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... Devil lores Holy Water (Аз t fit). That is, not at all. The Roman Catholic* teach that holy water drives away the ? The Devil to Pay is the name of a ..."

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