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"As his stirrups rattled against the brush Burrows's long-legged sorrel struck out down the narrow stretch of open prairie to the southwest."
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sorrel \Sor"rel\, a. [F. saur, saure, OF. sor, sore, probably of
Teutonic origin; cf. D. zoor dry, LG. soor; the meaning
probably coming from the color of dry leaves. See Sear, a.,
and cf. Sorel.]
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n.
A yellowish or redish brown color.
Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r
sour. See Sour.] (Bot.)
One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex
Acetosella, etc.
Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain.
Red sorrel. (Bot.)
(a) A malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid
calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for
making tarts and acid drinks.
(b) A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called
sheep sorrel.
Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called
because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or
Rumex Axetosa.
Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree (Oxydendrum
arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and
have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.
Called also sourwood.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
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Don't you think there are times that it's difficult to know whether one is seeing a chestnut, a sorrel or a bay? I don't mean the clearly-defined colors, but those horses in which the color wasn't definite--say a pale chestnut that might be taken for a deep sorrel?
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Dear WW: I knew nothing about horses, until the daughter I am now living with came home in tears, because an arrogant ignorant witch had compelled owner of a horse my daughter had been able to ride to get rid of it because of an equine encephalitis scare. So I bought her a retired runner named
Danny Boy.And thereby opened a Pandora's box of demons.
My wife said "If she can have a horse, I can have cows." (And sheep, and pigs, and goats.)
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