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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sore \Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See {Sorrel}, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] [1913 Webster] {Sore falcon}. (Zool.) See {Sore}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sore \Sore\, n. (Zool.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under {Buck}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. [1913 Webster] Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sore \Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See {Sore}, a.] 1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. [1913 Webster] Thy hand presseth me sore. --Ps. xxxviii. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [1913 Webster] [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1 Sam. i. 10. [1913 Webster] Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The dogs came and licked his sores. --Luke xvi. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I see plainly where his sore lies. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {Gold sore}. (Med.) See under {Gold}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: sore adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: {sensitive}, {sore}, {raw}, {tender}] 2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: {afflictive}, {painful}, {sore}] 3: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: {huffy}, {mad}, {sore}] n 1: an open skin infection