Sore , adv. [AS. sāre. 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.
Sore (?), n. [OE.
sor, sar, AS. 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.
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.
Sore , a.
[Compar. Sorer (&?;); superl.
Sorest.]
[OE. sor, sar, AS.
sār; akin to D.
zeer, OS. & OHG. s&?;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, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
Sore , n. (Zoöl.) A young hawk or
falcon in the first year.
2. (Zoöl.) A young buck in
the fourth year. See the
Note under Buck.
Sore (?), a. [F. saure, sore,
sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
Sore falcon. (Zoöl.)
See Sore, n., 1.
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