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   Sore (?), a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
   
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   Sore falcon. (Zool.) See Sore, n., 1.
   
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   Sore, n. (Zool.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
   
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   2. (Zool.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
   
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   Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer (); superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. sār; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. sr, 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”.
   
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   2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
   
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   Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson.
   
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   3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, “a sore disease; sore evil or calamity”.  Shak.
   
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   4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi. 21.
   
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   2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.  Chaucer.
   
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   I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
   
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   Sore, adv. [AS. sāre. See Sore, a.]
   1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
   
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   Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii. 2.
   
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   2. Greatly; violently; deeply.
   
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   [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i. 10.
   
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   Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden.
   
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