Sore
Sore , adjective
[French saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [Rare]
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Sore , noun
(Zoology) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2.
(Zoology) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
Sore ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Old English sor, sar, Anglo-Saxon sār; akin to Dutch zeer, Old Saxon & Old High German s{not transcribed}r, German sehr very, Icelandic sārr, Swedish sår, Gothic sair pain. Compare 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.
Figuratively: 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.
3.
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. — Shakespeare
4.
Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Sore , noun
[Old English sor, sar, Anglo-Saxon sār. 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.
2.
Figuratively: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. — Chaucer
I see plainly where his sore lies.
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Sore , adverb
[Anglo-Saxon sāre. See Sore, a.]
1.
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
Thy hand presseth me sore.
2.
Greatly; violently; deeply.
[Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore.
Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.