sorea.[F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel.()Sore falcon. (Zol.) See Sore, n., 1.()n. (Zol.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.()2. (Zol.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.()a.[OE. sor, sar, AS. sr; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. sr, G. sehr very, Icel. srr, Sw. sr, 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.(Shak.)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.()n.[OE. sor, sar, AS. sr. 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.()adv.[AS. sre. 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.)