| Bear's-foot |
A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
n. |
| Bird's-foot |
A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. |
n. |
| Polt-foot |
Alt. of Polt-footed |
a. |
| Sheep's-foot |
A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer. |
n. |
| Single-foot |
An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. |
n. |
| Sore |
Reddish brown; sorrel. |
n. |
| Sore |
A young hawk or falcon in the first year. |
n. |
| Sore |
A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck. |
n. |
| Sore |
Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. |
superl. |
| Sore |
Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. |
superl. |
| Sore |
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. |
superl. |
| Sore |
Criminal; wrong; evil. |
superl. |
| Sore |
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. |
a. |
| Sore |
Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. |
a. |
| Sore |
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. |
a. |
| Sore |
Greatly; violently; deeply. |
a. |
| Tiger-foot |
Same as Tiger's-foot. |
n. |
| Tiger's-foot |
A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion. |
n. |
| Two-foot |
Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule. |
a. |
| White-foot |
A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. |
n. |