Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SORE, n.¹ [Dan. saar, a sore, a wound or an ulcer; D. zweer; G. geschwur; Sw. sår. See the next word.]

1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, as to be pained with the slightest pressure.
2. An ulcer; a boil.
3. In Scripture, grief; affliction. – 2 Chron. vi.