Sore

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Reddish brown; sorrel.

II. Sore ·superl Criminal; wrong; evil.

III. Sore ·adj Greatly; violently; deeply.

IV. Sore ·adj In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.

V. Sore ·noun A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

VI. Sore ·adj Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

VII. Sore ·noun A young buck in the fourth year. ·see the Note under Buck.

VIII. Sore ·superl Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.

IX. Sore ·superl Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

X. Sore ·superl Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful;

— said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.

XI. Sore ·adj 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.

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