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sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Bacon.

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. Chaucer.

See Sauerkraut.

To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.] Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth. Chaucer.

Any sour apple.

Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

Same as Sauerkraut.

In a sour manner; with sourness.

The quality or state of being sour.

Source. See Source. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.

The sorrel tree.

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, isomeric with uric acid.

A practitioner. [Obs.]

A hard rider. [Obs.]

Rasor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

f overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. Dryden.

Full of resources.

Destitute of resources. Burke. -- Re*source"less*ness, n. R. Browning.

A sort of apple.