noun

• (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
  "Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it."
• (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
  "It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street."
• (obsolete) Workmanship.
  "In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]"

noun

• (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  "He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding."
• (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

verb

• (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
• (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
  "Neither of them she found where she them lore."
• (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese