Sore
(Sore), adv. [AS. sare. See Sore, a.]
1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
Thy hand presseth me sore.
Ps. xxxviii. 2. 2. Greatly; violently; deeply.
[Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore.
1 Sam. i. 10.
Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.
Dryden. Soredia
(||So*re"di*a) n., pl. of Soredium.
Sorediate
(So*re"di*ate) a. (Bot.) Sorediïferous.
Sorediferous
(Sor`e*dif"er*ous or So*re`di*if"er*ous) , a. [Soredium + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing soredia; sorediate.
Soredium
(||So*re"di*um) n.; pl. Soredia [NL., fr. Gr. a heap.] (Bot.) A patch of granular bodies on
the surface of the thallus of lichens.
Soree
(So"ree) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Sora.
Sorehead
(Sore"head`) n. One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like. [Slang, U.S.]
Sorehon
(Sore"hon) 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.
Sorel
(Sor"el) n. [A diminutive. See Sore reddish brown.]
1. (Zoöl.) A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak.
2. A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.
Sorely
(Sore"ly) adv. In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
Sorema
(||So*re"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a heap.] (Bot.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.
Soreness
(Sore"ness) n. The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a
wound; the soreness of an affliction.
Sorex
(||So"rex) n. [L., a shrew.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
Sorghe
(Sor"ghe) n. (Zoöl.) The three-bearded rockling, or whistlefish. [Prov. Eng.]
