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adj. suppressed or subjected to censorship; as, the censored press in some countries. Opposite of uncensored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ L. cursor, pl. cursores, a runner. ] (Zool.) (a) An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaæ. (b) A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annoyance to the ear. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore &unr_;s. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fossor&unr_; digger, fr. fodere to dig. ] (Zool.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [ Written also Fossoria. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. insessor, lit., one who sits down, fr. incidere. See Insession. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Masorite. [ Written also Masorete, and Massorete. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. massorétique. ] Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora. See vowel point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Masorite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Meso- + rectum. ] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- Mes`o*rec"tal a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch. See Rase, v. t. ] (Zool.) An order of birds; the Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly, the word Rasores was used in a wider sense, so as to include other birds now widely separated in classification. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. scandere, scansum, to climb. ] (Zool.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

a. [ Compar. Sorer superl. Sorest. ] [ OE. sor, sar, AS. sār; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s&unr_;r, 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. [ 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 ]

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. [ 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 ]

adv. [ AS. sāre. 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 ]

‖n., pl. of Soredium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Sorediiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } a. [ Soredium + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing soredia; sorediate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Soredia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a heap. ] (Bot.) A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Sora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from sojourn, Scot. soirne, sorn. ] Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A diminutive. See Sore reddish brown. ] 1. (Zool.) A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a heap. ] (Bot.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a shrew. ] (Zool.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; cf. L. stridere to creak, whiz, buzz. ] (Zool.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Far.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microorganism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]