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Sour
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
(2):
(n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
(3):
(v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
(4):
(v. t.) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
(5):
(superl.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
(6):
(superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
(7):
(v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
(8):
(v. i.) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
(9):
(v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
(10):
(superl.) Afflictive; painful.
(11):
(superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
(12):
(v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sour'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sour.html. 1828.
