Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sore \Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See {Sore}, a.]
   1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are
      ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a
      painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.

            The dogs came and licked his sores.   --Luke xvi.
                                                  21.

   2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.

            I see plainly where his sore lies.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   {Gold sore}. (Med.) See under {Gold}, n.