Obs. [L. sōry, ad. Gr. σῶρυ. Cf. Sp. and It. sori.] A kind of mineral ore yielding vitriol; one or other kind of vitriol.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 510. As for Sory, that which is brought out of Ægypt is counted best, and farre better than the Cyprian, Spanish, or African.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., xiii. 27. Many efficacious Poysons also are drawn from Minerals,… as Quick-silver, red Lead, Parget, Vitriol, Sory, Sandarach [etc.].
[1728. Bailey, Sory, a kind of Mineral, a sort of Vitriol made of Chalcitis or Cadmia.
1828–32. in Webster. Hence in later Dicts.]
