Sore (?), a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
Sore falcon. Zool. See Sore, n., 1.
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Sore, n. Zool. A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2. Zool. A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
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Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer (); superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. sr, G. sehr very, Icel. sarr, Sw. s�x86;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 ∨ Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
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Sore (?), n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar. 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.
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Sore, adv. [AS. sare. 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.
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