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Entry 11 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Sore

/sôr/ · IPA /soɹ/
01 a. Reddish brown; sorrel.
  1. 1.
    Reddish brown; sorrel.[R.]
Phrases & compounds
Sore falcon — See Sore, n., 1.
02 n. A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
  1. 1.
    A young hawk or falcon in the first year.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.(Zool.) See: Buck
03 a. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  1. 1.
    Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  2. 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. 3.
    Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
  4. 4.
    Criminal; wrong; evil.[Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
Sore throat — inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
Malignant sore throat — See Angina, and under Putrid.
04 n. 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, suc…
  1. 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. 2.
    Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
    “I see plainly where his sore lies.” — Sir W. Scott.
Phrases & compounds
Gold sore — See under Gold, n.
05 adv. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
  1. 1.
    In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
    “Thy hand presseth me sore.” — Ps. xxxviii. 2.
  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.