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SORING
Etymology
Noun
soring (uncountable)
The practice of making it painful for a horse's feet to touch the ground, resulting in the horse picking its feet up quickly, with the goal of accentuating its gait.
Anagrams
• Gorins, O-rings, girons, grison, groins, rosing, signor
Source: Wiktionary
SORE
Sore, a. Etym: [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.]
Definition: Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.
Sore, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer (; superl. Sorest.] Etym: [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s, G. sehr very, Icel. sarr, Sw. sår, 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.
2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson.
3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. Shak.
4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] Shak. Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
– Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
Sore, n. Etym: [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar. See Sore, a.]
1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi. 21.
2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer. I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott. Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
Sore, adv. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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