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Definition of Sore
Sore Sore Sore, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See Sore, a.]
1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are
ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a
painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
The dogs came and licked his sores. --Luke xvi.
21.
2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.
I see plainly where his sore lies. --Sir W.
Scott.
Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
Sore Sore Sore, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon.
See Sorrel, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
Sore falcon. (Zo["o]l.) See Sore, n., 1.
Sore Sore Sore, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note
under Buck.
Sore Sore Sore, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See Sore, a.]
1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
Thy hand presseth me sore. --Ps. xxxviii.
2.
2. Greatly; violently; deeply.
[Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1
Sam. i. 10.
Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.
--Dryden.
Sore Sore Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor,
sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
Sorry.]
1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
sore hand.
2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
very susceptible of irritation.
Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
--Tillotson.
3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
evil or calamity. --Shak.
4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.
Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See
Angina, and under Putrid.
