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SOUR, a. 1. Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour cider; sour beer.2. Acid and austere or astringent; as, sunripe fruits are often sour.3. Harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; austere; morose; as a man of a sour temper.4. Afflictive; as sour adversities. [Not in use.]5. Expressing discontent or peevishness. He never uttered a sour word. The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance.6. Harsh to the feelings; cold and damp; as sour weather.7. Rancid; musty.8. Turned, as milk; coagulated.SOUR, n. An acid substance. SOUR, v.t. 1. To make acid; to cause to have a sharp taste. So the sun's heat, with different pow'rs, ripens the grape, the liquor sours.2. To make harsh, cold or unkindly. Tufts of grass sour land.3. To make harsh in temper; to make cross, crabbed, peevish or discontented. Misfortunes often sour'd, nor wrath debas'd my heart.4. To make uneasy or less agreeable. Hail, great king! To sour your happiness I must report the queen is dead.5. In rural economy, to macerate, as lime, and render fir for plaster or mortar.SOUR, v.i. 1. To become acid; to acquire the quality of tartness or pungency to the taste. Cider sours rapidly in the rays of the sun. When food sours in the stomach, it is evidence of imperfect digestion.2. TO become peevish or crabbed. They hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity.
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SOUR, a. 1. Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour cider; sour beer.2. Acid and austere or astringent; as, sunripe fruits are often sour.3. Harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; austere; morose; as a man of a sour temper.4. Afflictive; as sour adversities. [Not in use.]5. Expressing discontent or peevishness. He never uttered a sour word. The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance.6. Harsh to the feelings; cold and damp; as sour weather.7. Rancid; musty.8. Turned, as milk; coagulated.SOUR, n. An acid substance. SOUR, v.t. 1. To make acid; to cause to have a sharp taste. So the sun's heat, with different pow'rs, ripens the grape, the liquor sours.2. To make harsh, cold or unkindly. Tufts of grass sour land.3. To make harsh in temper; to make cross, crabbed, peevish or discontented. Misfortunes often sour'd, nor wrath debas'd my heart.4. To make uneasy or less agreeable. Hail, great king! To sour your happiness I must report the queen is dead.5. In rural economy, to macerate, as lime, and render fir for plaster or mortar.SOUR, v.i. 1. To become acid; to acquire the quality of tartness or pungency to the taste. Cider sours rapidly in the rays of the sun. When food sours in the stomach, it is evidence of imperfect digestion.2. TO become peevish or crabbed. They hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. |
SOUR, a. [Sax. sur, surig; G. sauer; D. zuur; Sw. sur; Dan. suur; W. sûr; Arm. sur; Fr. sur, sure; Heb. סור, to depart, to decline, to turn, as liquors, to become sour. See Class Sr, No. 16, and No. 11.]- Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour cider; sour beer.
- Acid and austere or astringent; as, sun-ripe fruits are often sour.
- Harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; austere; morose; as, a man of a sour temper.
- Afflictive; as, sour adversities. [Not in use.] – Shak.
- Expressing discontent or peevishness. He never uttered a sour word.
The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance. – Swift.
- Harsh to the feelings; cold and damp; as, sour weather.
- Rancid; musty.
- Turned, as milk; coagulated.
SOUR, n.An acid substance. – Spenser.
SOUR, v.i.- To become acid; to acquire the quality of tartness or pungency to the taste. Cider sours rapidly in the rays of the sun. When food sours in the stomach, it is evidence of imperfect digestion.
- To become peevish or crabbed.
They hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. – Addison.
SOUR, v.t.- To make acid; to cause to have a sharp taste.
So the sun's heat, with different pow'rs. / Ripens the grape, the liquor sours. – Swift.
- To make harsh, cold or unkindly.
Tufts of grass sour land. – Mortimer.
- To make harsh in temper; to make cross, crabbed, peevish or discontented. Misfortunes often sour the temper.
Pride had not sour'd, nor wrath debas'd my heart. – Harte.
- To make uneasy or less agreeable.
Hail, great king! / To sour your happiness I must report / The queen is dead. – Shak.
- In rural economy, to macerate, as lime, and render fit for the plaster or mortar. – Encyc.
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Sour
- Having
an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most
unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- A sour or acid substance;
whatever produces a painful effect.
- To cause to become
sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air
sours many substances.
- To become sour] to turn from sweet to sour; as,
milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes
sours in adversity.
- Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid,
rancid, or musty, turned.
- To make cold and unproductive, as
soil.
- Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross;
crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a
sour reply.
- To make unhappy, uneasy, or less
agreeable.
- Afflictive; painful.
- To cause or permit to become harsh or
unkindly.
- Cold and unproductive; as, sour
land; a sour marsh.
- To macerate, and render fit for plaster or
mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
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Sour SOUR, adjective 1. Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour cider; sour beer. 2. Acid and austere or astringent; as, sunripe fruits are often sour 3. Harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; austere; morose; as a man of a sour temper. 4. Afflictive; as sour adversities. [Not in use.] 5. Expressing discontent or peevishness. He never uttered a sour word. The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance. 6. Harsh to the feelings; cold and damp; as sour weather. 7. Rancid; musty. 8. Turned, as milk; coagulated. SOUR, noun An acid substance. SOUR, verb transitive 1. To make acid; to cause to have a sharp taste. So the sun's heat, with different pow'rs, ripens the grape, the liquor sours. 2. To make harsh, cold or unkindly. Tufts of grass sour land. 3. To make harsh in temper; to make cross, crabbed, peevish or discontented. Misfortunes often sour'd, nor wrath debas'd my heart. 4. To make uneasy or less agreeable. Hail, great king! To sour your happiness I must report the queen is dead. 5. In rural economy, to macerate, as lime, and render fir for plaster or mortar. SOUR, verb intransitive 1. To become acid; to acquire the quality of tartness or pungency to the taste. Cider sours rapidly in the rays of the sun. When food sours in the stomach, it is evidence of imperfect digestion. 2. TO become peevish or crabbed. They hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. |
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