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WARE, adj. [For this we commonly say aware.'] Being 
in expectation of; being provided against.—The lord of that 
servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, 
and in an hour that he is not ware of him. St. Matth .— 
Cautious; wary.—Bid her well be ware and still erect. 
Milton. 
To WARE, v. n. To take heed of; to beware. 
A shuffled, sullen, and uncertain light 
That dances through the clouds, and shuts again, 
Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dri/den. 
WARE, s. [papn, Sax.; waere, Dutch; war a, Swed.] 
Commonly something to be sold. 
Let us, like merchants, shew our foulest wares 
And think, perchance, they’ll sell. Shakspeare. 
WARE, a market town of England, in the county of 
Hertford, situated on the west side of the river Lea. It con¬ 
sists of one principal street, nearly a mile in length, with 
several smaller ones intersecting it. The houses are in general 
well built. There were anciently two religious establish¬ 
ments in this town, one of them a priory of Benedictines, 
some remains of the buildings of which are yet standing, 
adjoining the church, near the banks of the river. They 
chiefly consist of ancient walls, fitted up, and accommodated 
to the purposes of a modern dwelling. The town has a 
considerable traffic in corn and malt, sent to the London 
market by barges, which load back with coals and other 
articles. In the time of William the Conqueror, this place 
was only a small village, and did not attain any consequence 
till the reign of king John, when the high road to the north, 
which before went through Hertford, was turned through 
this town. Some springs near the town, augmented by a 
cut from the river Lea, constitute the source of the New River, 
which supplies a great part of the metropolis with water. 
Population 3369; 20 miles north of London, and 3 from 
Hertford, the county town. Here is a weekly market on 
Tuesdays, and two fairs annually. The “ great bed of 
Ware” has often been referred to as an object of popular 
curiosity. It was 12 feet square, and kept an inn in the 
town, in order to attract the curiosity and custom of visitors. 
WARE, or Wear Gifford, a parish of England, in 
Devonshire; 2 miles north-north-west of Great Torrington. 
Population 438. 
WARE, a post township of (he United States, in Hamp¬ 
shire county, Massachusetts; 70 miles west of Boston. 
Population 996. 
WARE, a river of the United States, in Worcester 
county, Massachusetts, which runs south-west, and unites 
with the Chiccapee, west of Palmer. 
WARE, a river of the United States, in Virginia, which 
runs into the Chesapeake. Lat. 37. 25. N. long. 76. 26. W. 
WAREBRIDGE, Waadbridge, or Wadebridge, a 
market town of England, in the county of Cornwall. It is 
situated partly in the parish of Egloshayle, and partly in 
that of St. Breock. It is chiefly noted for its stone bridge, 
consisting of 17 arches, which crosses the channel, and con¬ 
nects those two parishes. Market on Saturday, and three 
annual fairs; 23 miles north-east of Truro, and 238 west- 
south-west of London. 
WAREE, a country of Western Africa, situated to the 
south-east of Benin, and near the river Formosa, which falls 
into the gulf of Benin. 
WA'REFUL, adj. Cautious; timorously prudent. 
WA'llEFULNESS, s. Cautiousness. Obsolete. 
With pretence from Strephon her to guard, 
He met her full; but full of warefulness. Sidney. 
WAREHAM, a market town and borough of England, 
in the county of Dorset, situated near the mouth of the river 
Frome, where it falls into Pool harbour. It stands agreeably 
on a rising ground, declining gently to the south, where it 
is washed by the Frome. The Piddle passes it on the north ; 
and both meeting together, form a bay on the east. The 
town is regularly built, and consists chiefly of four large 
open streets, intersecting each other at right angles, and 
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which take their names from the cardinal points. Over the 
Frome on the south is a bridge of six arches, near which is 
a commodious quay. There is another bridge of three arches 
on the north, without the wall, over the Piddle. Wareham 
had formerly 17 churches, though the number is now re¬ 
duced to three. The charter under which it is governed at 
present, was granted by queen Anne; the corporation con¬ 
sisting of a mayor, recorder, 6 capital burgesses, and 12 
assistants; the mayor, recorder, and preceding mayor, are 
justices of the peace. The two first being of the quorum, 
are empowered to hold their own sessions. The mayor is 
also coroner of the isles of Purbeck and Brownsay, as well 
as of his own town. Wareham is particularly celebrated for 
being the place where Edward the Martyr was interred. 
Market on Saturday, and three annual fairs; 9 miles west- 
south-west of Pool, and 140 west-by-south of London. 
Population 1709. 
WAREHAM, a post township of the United States, in 
Plymouth county, Massachusetts, at the head of Buzzard’s 
bay ; 17 miles south of Plymouth, and 54 south of Boston. 
WAREHORNE, a parish of England, in Kent; 7| miles 
south-by-west of Ashford. Population 435. 
WA'REHOUSE, s. A storehouse of merchandise. 
She the big warehouse built. 
Rais’d the strong crane. Thomson. 
WA'RELESS, adj. Uncautious; unwary. 
So was he justly damned by the doome 
Of his owne mouth, that spake so warelesse word, 
To be her thrall, and service her afford. Spenser. 
Suffered unawares, or contrary to expectation. 
That when he wak’d out of his warelesse paine, 
He found himselfe unwist so ill bestad 
That lim he could not wag. Spenser. 
WATtELY, adv. Warily; cautiously; timorously. 
They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, 
And with continual watch did warely keep. Spenser. 
WAREMME, an inland town of the Netherlands, on the 
Jaar; 13 miles west-by-north of Liege. Population 1200. 
WARENDORF, a town of Prussian Westphalia, on the 
Ems; 15 miles east of Munster. Population 3300. 
WARENFORD, a township of England, in Northum¬ 
berland ; 4 miles south-east-by-south of Belford. 
WARESLEY, a parish of England, Huntingdonshire; 
5J miles south-east of St. Neot’s. 
WA'RFARE, s. Military service; military life; state of 
contest and solicitude. 
In the wilderness 
He shall first lay down the rudiments 
Of his great warfare, ere I send him forth 
To conquer sin and death. Milton. 
To WA'RFARE, v. n. To lead a military life.—That 
was the only amulet in that credulous warfaring age to 
escape dangers in battles. Camden. 
WARFIELD, a parish of England, in Berkshire; 4| 
miles east-north-east of Workingham. Population 1016. 
WARFIELD, a parish of England, in Salop; 2| miles 
from Bridgenorth. Population 1339. 
WARFORD, Great, a township of England, county 
of Chester; 5 miles east-by-south of Nether Knutsford. 
WARFORD, Little, a township in the above county, 
adjoining the foregoing. 
WARFUM, a village of the Netherlands; 12 miles north 
of Groningen. Population 900. 
WARGENTIN (Peter William), an eminent Swedish 
astronomer, was born in Yamtland in 1717. He calculated 
new tables of Jupiter’s satellites, which were inserted in the 
transactions of the society of Upsal for 1741, and was chosen 
a member of that body. M. de la Lande also inserted 
them in 1759, in a new edition of Halley’s tables published 
at Paris. In 1769 he sent a copy of them, further improved, 
to Dr. Maskelyne, who published them in the Nautical Al¬ 
manack for 1771. They were again published, with im¬ 
provements 
