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SORE, n.

1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be pained with the slightest pressure.

2. An ulcer a boil.

3. In Scriptures, grief affliction. 2 Chronicles 6 .

SORE, a.

1. Tender and susceptible of pain from pressure as, a boil, ulcer or abscess is very sore a wounded place is sore inflammation renders a part sore.

2. Tender, as the mind easily pained, grieved or vexed very susceptible of irritation from any thing that crosses the inclination. Malice and hatred are very fretting, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.

3. Affected with inflammation as sore eyes.

4. Violent with pain severe afflictive distressing as a sore disease sore evil or calamity a sore night.

5. Severe violent as a sore conflict.

6. Criminal evil.

SORE, adv.

1. With painful violence intensely severely grievously. They hand presseth me sore.

2. Greatly violently deeply. He was sorely afflicted at the loss of his son. Sore sigh'd the knight, who this long sermon heard.

SORE, To wound to make sore.

SORE, n. A hawk of the first year.