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Owenia venosaSour Sour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
countenance.' --Swift.
He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
loved him not, But to those men that sought him
sweet as summer. --Shak.
4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.' --Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish. Sinus venosusSinus Si"nus, n.; pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses. [L., a bent
surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a
bay. Cf. Sine, n.]
1. An opening; a hollow; a bending.
2. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
3. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) A cavity; a depression. Specifically:
(a) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or
with a narrow opening.
(b) A dilated vessel or canal.
4. (Med.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is
collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.
5. (Bot.) A depression between adjoining lobes.
Note: A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white
oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple.
Pallial sinus. (Zo["o]l.) See under Pallial.
Sinus venosus. [L., venous dilatation.] (Anat.)
(a) The main part of the cavity of the right auricle of
the heart in the higher vertebrates.
(b) In the lower vertebrates, a distinct chamber of the
heart formed by the union of the large systematic
veins and opening into the auricle. VenoseVenose Ve*nose", a. [See Venous.]
Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose
frond. Venosity
Venosity Ve*nos"i*ty, n.
1. The quality or state of being venous.
2. (Med.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded,
and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it
normally is.
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