woundy2 (wound i)

[Of doubtful origin; perhaps a colloq. use of woundy; cf. whopping, terrible, and other words of intensity, used as emphatics.) Exce ive. [Colloq.] Indeed there is a woundy luck in names, sirs, And a main mystery. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iv. 2. A woundy hinderance to a poor man that lives by his labour. Sir R. L'Estrange. woundy2 (woun'di), adv. [ A woundy brag young vellow. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, i. 2. Gad, says I, an you play the fool and marry at these years, there's more danger of your head's aching than my heart.He was woundy angry when I gav'n that wipe. Congreve, Love for Love, iv. 13. J. Baillie . Same as Travelled ladies are woundy nice. wourali, wourari (wö'ra-li, -ri), n. woorali, woorari. See curari. wourali-plant (wö'ra-li-plant), n. The plant which yields wourali. See curari. wournilt, n. Same as warble3. woutt, n. Same as voute, an old spelling of vault1.