Sorer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor,
     sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
     very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
     {Sorry}.]
     1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
        inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a


        sore hand.
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     2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
        very susceptible of irritation.
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              Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
              and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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     3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
        evil or calamity. --Shak.
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     4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     {Sore throat} (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
        pharyngitis. See {Cynanche}.
  
     {Malignant sore throat}, {Ulcerated sore throat} or {Putrid
     sore throat}. See {Angina}, and under {Putrid}.
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