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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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    1. (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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