Bible Dictionaries
Sour

King James Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Soundness

Next Entry
South

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
King James Dictionary
• Sour
Wilson's Bible Types
• Sour
Webster Dictionary
• Sours
• Sourness
• Souring
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Sour
Lexicons
• ὄξος
• בֹּסֶר

SOUR, a.

1. Acid having a pungent taste sharp to the taste tart as, vinegar is sour sour cider sour beer.

2. Acid and austere or astringent as, sunripe fruits are often sour.

3. Harsh of temper crabbed peevish austere morose as a man of a sour temper.

4. Afflictive as sour adversities. Not in use.

5. Expressing discontent or peevishness. He never uttered a sour word. The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance.

6. Harsh to the feelings cold and damp as sour weather.

7. Rancid musty.

8. Turned, as milk coagulated.

SOUR, n. An acid substance.

SOUR,

1. To make acid to cause to have a sharp taste. So the sun's heat, with different pow'rs, ripens the grape, the liquor sours.

2. To make harsh, cold or unkindly. Tufts of grass sour land.

3. To make harsh in temper to make cross, crabbed, peevish or discontented. Misfortunes often sour'd, nor wrath debas'd my heart.

4. To make uneasy or less agreeable. Hail, great king! To sour your happiness I must report the queen is dead.

5. In rural economy, to macerate, as lime, and render fir for plaster or mortar.

SOUR,

1. To become acid to acquire the quality of tartness or pungency to the taste. Cider sours rapidly in the rays of the sun. When food sours in the stomach, it is evidence of imperfect digestion.

2. TO become peevish or crabbed. They hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity.