Sore

a. [ Compar. Sorer superl. Sorest. ] [ OE. sor, sar, AS. sār; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s&unr_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. sāre. See Sore, a. ] 1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Hannah ] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n. ] Reddish brown; sorrel. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sore falcon. (Zool.) See Sore, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., pl. of Soredium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Sorediiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } a. [ Soredium + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing soredia; sorediate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Soredia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a heap. ] (Bot.) A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]