Ware

wār, n. (used generally in pl. ) merchandise: commodities: goods.— v.t. ( obs. ) to expend, lay out.— n. Ware′house , a house or store for wares or goods.— v.t. to deposit in a warehouse.— ns. Ware′houseman , a man who keeps, or is employed in, a warehouse or wholesale store; Ware′housing , the act of depositing goods in a warehouse; Ware′room , a room where goods are exposed for sale.— Warehousing system , the plan of allowing importers of dutiable goods to store them in a government warehouse without payment of duties until ready to bring the goods into market.— Benares ware , a fine ornamental metal-work made at Benares and other places in India; Delft ware (see Delf ); Small ware , wares , textile articles of a small kind—e.g. tape, bindings and braids of cotton, silk, .; buttons, hooks, .: trifles; Tun bridge ware , inlaid or mosaic wood-work manufactured at Tun bridge ; Wedgwood ware , a superior kind of pottery invented by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), ornamented by white cameo reliefs on a blue ground and the like; Welsh ware , a yellowish-brown earthenware with a transparent glaze. [A.S. waru , wares; Ger. waare .]