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Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.

pl. of Soredium.

Sorediïferous.

Bearing soredia; sorediate.

A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.

Same as Sora.

One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like. [Slang, U.S.]

Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel. Spenser.

A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak.

In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.

A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.

The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.

A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.

An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaæ.

An annoyance to the ear. [R.] The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne.

Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [Written also Fossoria.]

An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.