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A Masorite. [Written also Masorete, and Massorete.]

Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

Same as Masorite.

The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- Mes`o*rec"tal, a.

An order of birds; the Gallinæ.

An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.

A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.

Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]

An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microörganism.

Wearing a visor; masked. Visored falsehood and base forgery. Milton.

To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.] The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls. Edw. Hall.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the c…

Inflamed and painful, as a sore.

rge sick persons to attend. Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. Macaulay.

Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.] Holland.

From a place; hence. The sound is going away. Shak. Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.

set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. "Adam, sore beset, replied." Milton. "Beset with ills." Addison. "Incommodities which beset old age." Burke.