Sore

Definitions

1. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
2. Acronym of small off-road engine.
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3. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
4. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
5. A young buck in its fourth year.

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Examples

“They put⟳ ointment and a bandage on the sore.”

“I see⟳ plainly where his sore lies.”

“Of the soare faulcon so I learn⟳ to fly⟳”

“Some say⟳ a Sore, but not a sore, till now made sore with shooting. The Dogges did yell⟳, put⟳ ell to Sore, then Sorell iumps from thicket: Or Pricket-sore, or else Sorell, the people fall⟳ a hooting. If Sore be sore, then ell to Sore, makes fiftie sores O sorell: Of one sore I an hundred make⟳ by adding but one more L.”

“Rather than banning these engines overnight, the state is rolling out the change⟳ gradually. The new rules tighten⟳ emissions standards over time, leading up to a ban on the sale of new gas-powered SOREs by 2028.”

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