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▪ I. † vore1 Obs. [South-western var. fore n. 2. Used to render L. vestigium.] Track, trace.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 373 Þe pore man þonked hym, and vansched sodenly awey, and noon wey [MS. γ, non vore] was i-sene of his goynge. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 118 Freres folowen my vore fele tyme and ofte, And prouen vnparfit prelates of holy churche. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. viii. (Tollem. MS.), By þe opinion of þe comyn peple þis cercle, Galaxias, is þe vore of þe passynge of þe sonne. Ibid. iii. xix. (1495) d vj b/2 Hondes..folowyth the vores of bestes by smellinge. ▪ II. vore2 dial. [South-western var. (still in use) of fore, fure furrow n. Cf. voor.] A furrow.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1565 Þay..ne spared rigges noþer vores til þay mette þat pray. 1582Batman Barth. De P.R. Catal. hard Words, Vores, forowes of land. ▪ III. vore, voregoer, voreward(e southern ME. varr. fore adv., foregoer, foreward n.1 |