sore 
Out, sword, and to a mm purpose! 
.%*., Cymbeline, iv. 1. 25. 
Sore throat. See throat. 
sore 1 (sor), n. [< ME. .swe, sure, sor, < Ab. xar 
_ OS. ser - MLG. ser = OHG. MHG. ser, pain, 
suffering, = Icel. sar = Norw. sar = Sw. dr = 
Dan. ffrt</r, a wound, = Goth, snir, sorrow, trav- 
ail; from the adj. Cf. sorry.'} If. A state of 
suffering or pain ; grief; sorrow; misery. 
Whether solace ho sende other ellez fare. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 130. 
Ther was nobbing, siking, and sar, 
Handes wringing, and drawing bi nor. 
flavelok, 1. 234. (UaUiwM.) 
Kit M sale me soure sores & ich se what may gayne. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 598. 
2. A wounded or diseased spot on an animal 
body ; a painful or painfully tender place, with 
or without solution of continuity, on or near the 
surface of the body. 
There is no medcyn on mold, sane the maiden one, 
That my sors might salue, ne me sound make. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9193. 
A salve for any sore that may betide. 
Shall., SHea. VI., iT. 6. 88. 
3. A source of grief, distress, annoyance, or 
bitterness ; a misfortune ; a trouble. 
What should we speak more on't? . . . I love no rip- 
ping up old sores. Brmne, Northern Lass, ill. 1. 
Bed-sore, a sore or ulcer developed on parts of the skin 
exposed to pressure by lying in bed. It may be very deep 
and extensive. Also called dembitus. Delhi sore, Ori- 
ental sore. Same as Aleppo ulcer (which see, under 
ulcer). Fungating sore, a soft chancre with abundant 
granulations. Hunterian sore, in pathul., a true or 
hard chancre. Venereal sore. Same as chancroid. 
sore 1 (sor), adv. [Sc. sail; sare; < ME. sore, 
soore, sare, < AS. sare, sorely, painfully, = OS. 
sero = MD. sere, D. zeer = MLG. sere = OHG. 
sero, MHG. sere, ser, painfully, sorely, strongly, 
very, G. selir, extremely, very, = Dan. saare, 
extremely, very ; from the adj.] 1. With phys- 
ical suffering; so as to cause bodily pain; pain- 
fully. 
He rode ouer hym that was fallen and vn-horsed, so 
that he brosed hym sore. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 696. 
Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii. 2. 
Her brother struck her wondrous sore, 
With cruel strokes and many. 
Andrew Lammie (Child's Ballads, II. 197). 
2. In a manner indicating or causing mental 
pain; deplorably; grievously; bitterly. 
The damesell ansuerde in baas voyce sore syghinge. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 611. 
There was no heart so bold 
But sore it ached, and fast it beat, 
When that ill news was told. 
Macavlay, Uoratius, st. 18. 
He were sore put about because Hester had gi'en him 
the bucket, and came to me about it. 
Mrs. Oaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xxi. 
3. Violently; fiercely; severely. 
Vlfyn and kynge Venires of Garlot mette so sore tv- 
geder that ether bar other to the grounde, and the horse 
vpon hem. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 119. 
Though it was very darke, and rained sore, yet in y end 
they gott under y lee of a small r Hand. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 87. 
4. Exceedingly; thoroughly; intensely. 
Thei sought hym sore vp and down on euery side. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 407. 
He blest himselfe as one sore terriflde. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. vi. 24. 
It is a sore consumed tree 
That on it bears not one fresh bough. 
Kookhope Hyde (Child's Ballads, VI. 122). 
5f. Firmly; tightly; fast. 
The stiell of the speres stynte at the haubrekes, that 
were stronge and ore-holdynge. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 222. 
If it [the bowstring] be long, the bending must needs be 
in the small of the string, which, being sore twined, must 
needs snap in sunder, to the destruction of many good 
bows. Ascham, Toxophilus (ed. 1864), p. 104. 
[As an adverb sore is now chiefly archaic or 
provincial.] 
sore 1 * (sor), . t. [= OS. serian = OHG. MHG. 
seren, G. ver-sehren = Icel. sdrna = Sw. sdra = 
Dan. saare; from the noun.] To make sore; 
wound. 
And the wyde wound . . . 
Was closed up as it had not beene tot' A 
Spenser, P. Q. (ed. Todd), III. xii. 38. 
S0re 2 t (sor), a. and n. [I. . Early mod. E. also 
soar, soare; < ME. sore, soyr, < OF. sor, saw, F. 
saur, same = Pr. sor, saur = Sp. son = It. soro, 
sauro (ML. saurus, sorius), reddish-brown, red- 
dish, brownish, sorrel, < MLG. sor = MD. sore, 
D. zoor, dry, withered, sear, = E. sear: see sear*, 
of which sore 2 i s a doublet, and sorreft, a dim. 
of sore 2 . H. n. < ME, 'sore, sowre, a buck, < OF. 
sor, F. saur (infaucon sor, a sore-falcon, cheval 
5776 
.inure, or simply snure, a sorrel horse) = It. sorn, 
sauro, a sorrel horse, formerly also a sore-fal- 
con : see the adj. CLsorreP.'] I. a. Reddish- 
brown; sorrel. See sorreP, and compare sor- 
a<je, sore-eagle, sore-falcon, foreJutwk. 
Stedis stabillede in stallis, 
Lyarde and sure. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 130. (HattiwM.) 
II. n. 1. A hawk of the first year. 2. A 
buck of the fourth year. See sorrel?, 3. 
Of founes, ioures, bukkes, does 
Was ful the wode, and many roes. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 429. 
S0re 3 t, v. i. An obsolete spelling of soar 1 . 
soreaget, " Same as sorage. 
Sorecidae (so-res'i-de), n. pi. [NL.] An erro- 
neous form of Soricidse. 
sorede (so'red), n. [< soredium.} Same as sore- 
dium. 
soredia. . Plural of soredium. 
soredial (so-re'di-al), a. [< soredium + -al.] 
In lichenol., of the nature or appearance of a 
soredium. Soredial branch, in lichenol., a branch 
produced by the development of a soredium into a new 
thallus while still on the mother thallus. 
sorediate (so-re'di-at), a. [< soredium + -ate 1 .] 
In lichenol., 'bearing or producing soredia. 
sorediferous (sor-e-iif'e-rus), o. [< NL. sore- 
dium + L./erre =^E. oear 1 .] In lichenol., sore- 
diate ; bearing soredia. 
soredium (so-re'di-um), .; pi. soredia (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. aop&f, a heap, + -edium, for Gr. -iSiov, 
a dim. suffix.] In lichenol., a single algal cell or 
a group of algal cells wrapped in more or less 
hyphal tissue, which serves the purpose of ve- 
fetative propagation: commonly in the plural, 
uch cells form little heaps or cushion-likemassesbreaking 
through the surface of the thallus, and when set free from 
the thallus are able to grow atonceintonew thalli. Usually 
one species of alga furnishes all the algal cells of a lichen ; 
more rarely two, and then one prevails in abundance over 
the other. The same species of alga, however, may be 
found in consortism with different species of fungus, and 
taking part in the composition, therefore, of differently 
formed thalli that is, different liohens. See Lichenes. 
Also sorede and brood-bud. 
SOree (so're), n. A variant of sora. [U. S.] 
Soree. Hal-bird. 
T. Je/erson, Notes on Virginia (ed. 1788), p. 74. 
SOre-eaglet (sor'e"gl),M. [Alsosoar-e<7Ze;prob. 
formed in imitation of sore-falcon ; < sore 2 + 
eagle.~\ A young eagle. 
A soar- Eagle would not stoope at a flye. 
Milton, (in Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
sore-eyed (sor'id), a. 1. Having sore eyes. 
2. Having orbital caruncles, as if sores : as, the 
sore-eyed pigeon. See cut under sJieatltbill. 
sore-falcon (s6r'fa"kn ), n. [Formerly also soar- 
falcon, soare faulcon ; < sore 2 + falcon, tr. OF. 
faucon sor.] A falcon of the first year; a young 
falcon. See sore 2 , 1. 
Of the soare faulcon so I learne to fly, 
That flags awhile her fluttering wings beneath, 
Till she her selfe for stronger flight can breath. 
Spenser, Hymn of Heavenly Beauty, 1. 26. 
sore-hawkt (sor'hak), . Same && sore-falcon. 
sorehead (sor'hed), . 1, One whose head is 
sore. Hence 2. An irritable, discontented 
person ; one who has a real or fancied griev- 
ance ; in political use, a person who is dissatis- 
fied through lack of recognition or reward for 
party services. [Slang, U. S.] 
Every sore-head and bolter in the Majority voted with 
his party. The American, X. 35. 
The public don't care for a few soreheads and impracti- 
cables in an operation that is going to open up the whole 
Southwest. C. D. Warner, Little Journey in the World, xv. 
soreheaded (sor'hed' l 'ed), . Having the char- 
acter of a sorehead; discontented; having a 
grievance. [Slang, TJ. S.] 
sorehont (sor'hon), . [Said to be an Ir. cor- 
rupted form equiv. to Se. sorn, a contracted 
form of ME. sojorne, a sojourn, as a verb so- 
journ : see sojourn, sorn.'} In Ireland, a tax for- 
merly imposed upon tenants for the mainten- 
ance of their lord or his men : a custom which 
required a tenant to maintain his chieftain gra- 
tuitously. See the second quotation. 
Yea, and the verye wilde Irish exactions, as Coignye, 
Liverye, Sorehon, and such like, by which they pole and 
utterly undoe the poore tennants and free-boulders. 
Spenser, State of Ireland (ed. Todd). 
Sorehon was a taxlaide upon the free-holders for certain 
dayes in each quarter of a yeare, to flnde victualls, and 
lodging, and to pay certaine stipends to the kerne, gallo- 
glasses, and horsemen. 
Sir J. Ware, Note in Todd's Spenser. 
sorelt. An old spelling of sorrel 1 , sorrel?. 
sorelyt (sor'li), a. [ME. sarKe, < AS. sdrlic, < 
sar, sore, + -lie, E. -Jy 2 .] Sore ; sorrowful. 
Nses heo nteuere swa sortie. Layamon, 1. 28457. 
Soricids 
sorely (sor'li), rtrfr. [< ME. aurliclir, < AS. mir- 
lu-c (= Icel. xrirliu<t), sorely, < sarlic, sore: see 
sorely, a.} In a sore manner; painfully; sad- 
ly; violently; severely; extremely. 
so'rema (so-r'e'ma), w. [NL.,< Gr. aupos, a heap.] 
In lot., a heap of carpels belonging to one flow- 
er, as in the magnolia and liriodendron. 
soreness (sor'ues), n. The state of being sore, 
in any sense of the word. 
Sorex (so'reks), . [NL., < L. sorejc = Gr. vpaf, 
a shrew, shrew-mouse. Cf. Hyrax.] The typ- 
ical genus of the family Soricidie and subfamily 
Norieiwe, containing numerous small terrestrial 
shrews of both hemispheres. They have from 28 
to 32 colored teeth, moderately long well-haired tail and 
ears, and feet not oared. The typical dentition of Sorex 
in the most restricted sense is 82 teeth, of which the up- 
per incisors are 8, the (unspecialized canines and) upper 
premolars 6, the upper molars 6, and the total of the lower 
teeth 12 (as nearly constant throughout the family). S. 
mUgaris is the common shrew of Europe, and S. platyrrhi- 
nus is a common one in North America. See shrew'*. 
sorgho (sor'go), w. Same as surylium, 1. Also 
sort/o. 
sorghum (sor'gum), n. [Formerly also soraum, 
also sometimes sorgo, sorgho, F. sorglio, < Sp. 
Pg. sorgo = It. sorgo, surgo; <. NL. sorgnm, sor- 
ghum, < ML. surgum, surcum, suricum, Indian 
millet, sorghum; prob. of E. Ind. origin.] 1. 
A plant of the former genus Sorghum, common- 
ly the cultivated saccharine plant once known 
as Sorghum (or Holcvs) saccharatum, lately con- 
sidered a variety of S. vulgare, but now classi- 
fied as Andropogon Sorghum, var. saccharatus. 
It IB a cane-like grass, with the stature and habit of broom- 
corn, or of the taller varieties of Indian corn, but more 
slender than the latter, without ears, and of a glaucous 
hue. .Sorghum is cultivated throughout Africa, in forms 
called imphee, chiefly for the sweet juice of the cane. In 
the United States it has been employed for many years 
to make syrup, for which purpose it is more or less grown 
in every State. It has also been the subject of much ex- 
periment in sugar-making, and according to Wiley is now 
practically available for this purpose. The name is also 
applied to the var. Halepense, and possibly to others of 
the same species. See def. 2. Also called Chinese sugar- 
cane. 
2. [cap.'] [NL. (Micheli, 1729).] A former ge- 
nus of grasses, of the tribe Andropogonese, now 
included as a subgenus in Andropogon (Edou- 
ard Hackel, 1889). Like the rest of the whole genus, 
it has one-flowered spikelets disposed in pairs at the joints 
of a rachis, one of each pair pedicelled, one sessile. The 
sessile spikelet is in all 
the pairs alike; the 
flower is fertile, and in 
the pedicelled spike- 
lets male, neutral, or 
abortive. The rachis is 
fragile, or in culture 
tenacious ; its joints 
and the pedicels are 
filiform, and convex on 
the back or flat with- 
out furrow. The ses- 
sile spikelet and grain 
are somewhat com- 
pressed on the back, or 
in cultivation some- 
times nearly globose. 
The species are most 
often tall and flat- 
leaved grasses, dif- 
fused through the 
tropics and here and 
there in the temperate 
zone one, A. (Chryso- 
poffon) luitu,,-.. the In- 
dian grass or wood- 
grass, in the southern 
United States. The 
last is widely distribu- 
ted in many forms ; it 
is a nutritious grass, 6 
feet high, with a graceful panicle, sometimes named wild 
oats. The one important species is A. Sorghum (Sorghum 
vulgare, etc.X a polymorphous much- cultivated species, 
of which some varieties have been regarded as distinct. 
Hackel divides it into the subspecies (a) Halepense, in- 
cluding with other varieties the ornamental Aleppo grass 
and the Johnson or Means grass cultivated in the southern 
United States, and (i>) mlinis, which includes the broom- 
corn (var. technifus), the sorghum (var. saccharatus: see 
def. 1), the durra (vars. cemuus and Durra), the so-called 
Indian or African millet (covering perhaps the last and 
the var. vulgaris\ and the guinea-corn or Kafir-corn, if it is 
different from the durra. The Johnson grass is of consid- 
erable utility as fodder, but is difficult to extirpate : also 
called Egyptian, Cuba, or Guinea grass, Australian or 
Morocco millet, etc., and sorghum. The durra has been 
somewhat cultivated in the United States, some forms of 
it being called Mitto maize. See broom-corn, durra, and In- 
dian millet (under millet). 
sorgo (sor'go), w. Same as sorghum. 
son, n. Plural of sorus. 
Soricidae (so-ris'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Sorei- 
(Sorie-) + -idx.~\ A family of small insectiv- 
orous mammals, the shrews. They are of terres- 
trial, sometimes natatorial, habits, with a long and narrow 
skull without zygomatic arches or postorbital processes, 
annular tympanic bones, no synipnysis pubis. the fore 
limbs not specially modified as in the moles, the tibia 
and fibula united, and the lower teeth 12 (in one genus 12 
!* 
Sorghum (.Andrepogon Sorghum), 
wild fnnn ; 2, panicle of same ; a, 
spikelets of cultivated form. 
