Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sorest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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}.

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