Defn: To work. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WERE
Were, v. t. & i.
Defn: To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WERE
Were, n.
Defn: A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
WERE
Were, v. t. Etym: [AS. werian.]
Defn: To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WERE Were. Etym: [AS. wre (thou) wast, w (we, you, they) were, w imp. subj. See Was.]
Defn: The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
WERE
Were, n. Etym: [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. waír, L. vir,
Skr. vira. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]