Sore \Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. 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 \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 \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 \Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor,
   sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
   very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, 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 \Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. 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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