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Webster 1913 Edition

Sore

Sore

,
Adj.
[F.
saure
,
sore
,
sor
; faucon
sor
a sore falcon. See
Sorrel
,
Noun.
]
Reddish brown; sorrel.
[R.]
Sore falcon
.
(Zool.)
See
Sore
,
Noun.
, 1.

Sore

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2.
(Zool.)
A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under
Buck
.

Sore

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sorer
;
sup
erl.
Sorest
.]
[OE.
sor
,
sar
, AS.
sār
; akin to D.
zeer
, OS. & OHG.
s[GREEK]r
, G.
sehr
very, Icel.
sārr
, Sw.
sår
, 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 sore throat
,
Ulcerated sore throat
or
Putrid sore throat
.
See
Angina
, and under
Putrid
.

Sore

,
Noun.
[OE.
sor
,
sar
, AS.
sār
. See
Sore
,
Adj.
]
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
,
Noun.

Sore

,
adv.
[AS.
sāre
. See
Sore
,
Adj.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sore

SORE

,
Noun.
1.
A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be pained with the slightest pressure.
2.
An ulcer; a boil.
3.
In Scriptures, grief; affliction. 2 Chron. 6.

SORE

, a.
1.
Tender and susceptible of pain from pressure; as, a boil, ulcer or abscess is very sore; a wounded place is sore; inflammation renders a part sore.
2.
Tender, as the mind; easily pained, grieved or vexed; very susceptible of irritation from any thing that crosses the inclination. Malice and hatred are very fretting, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
3.
Affected with inflammation; as sore eyes.
4.
Violent with pain; severe; afflictive; distressing; as a sore disease; sore evil or calamity; a sore night.
5.
Severe; violent; as a sore conflict.
6.
Criminal; evil.

SORE

,
adv.
1.
With painful violence; intensely; severely; grievously. They hand presseth me sore.
2.
Greatly; violently; deeply. He was sorely afflicted at the loss of his son. Sore sigh'd the knight, who this long sermon heard.

SORE

,
Verb.
T.
To wound; to make sore.

SORE

,
Noun.
A hawk of the first year.

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