n. (Zool.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also
King sora,
n. Soreness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.[ L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree. ] (Bot.)
Sorb apple,
Sorb tree,
n. [ Cf. F. sorbate. See Sorbic. ] (Chem.) A salt of sorbic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sorbere to suck in, absorb + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] (Med.) Producing absorption. --
n. [ L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck in, to absorb. ] An absorbent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See Sherbet. ] A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. sorbique. See Sorb. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;CO&unr_;H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sorbilis, fr. sorbere to suck in, to drink down. ] Fit to be drunk or sipped. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also