wound fever (wondfe"ver)

A fever, probably mildly septic in its nature, which sometimes occurs after receiving a wound, whether accidental or made during an operation: in the latter case also called surgical fever. wound-gall (wönd'gal), n. A gall made on the stem of the grape-vine by an American weevil, Ampeloglypter sesostris. See vine - gall. woundily (woun'di-li), adv. [ They look woundily like French men. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, i. 2. Richard Penlake repeated the vow, For woundily sick was he. Southey, St. Michael's Chair. wounding (wön'- or woun'ding), n. [Verbal n. of wound, v.] Hurt; injury. Gen. iv. 23. IMG:content-2584.png:[blocks in formation] worystt, n. An old variant of worsted . wosbird, n. 1. Same as whore's - bird . [Slang.] "Imp'dent old wosbird ! " says he, "I'll break the bald head on un." T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 2. 2. A wasp. Wright . [Prov. Eng.] A form of woose for ooze . woset, n. wostt. Second person singular indicative pres- ent of wit1 . than the hand or fist; others, that it nece arily implies the breaking of the skin beyond the cuticle or outer membrane. 3. A breach or hurt of the bark and wood of a +-le .] 1. Free from hurt or injury.-2. Invulnerable; incapable of being wounded. Hit the woundle air. tree, or of the bark and substance of other 3. Unwound ing; harmle . plants.-4. Figuratively, injury; hurt; harm: ings, etc.: often specifically applied in literature to the pangs of love. as, a wound given to credit or reputation, feel Alas, poor shepherd! searching of thy wound , I have by hard adventure found mine own. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 4. 44. The wounds of conscience, like other wounds , though generally received in public, must always be healed in private. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. x. They will endeavour to give my reputation as many wounds as the man in the almanack. Swift , Tritical E ay. 5t. Plague. I trowe it was in the dismal That was the ten woundes of Egipte. IMG:content-2585.png:[blocks in formation] Shak., Hamlet, iv. 1. 44. Turne thee to those that weld the awful crowne, To doubted Knights, whose woundle e armour rusts. Spenser, Shep. Cal., October. Not a dart fell woundle there. Southey , Joan of Arc, viii. woundwort (wönd' wert), n. [ wound + wort1.] 1. A plant of the genus Stachys , particularly either of two species occurring in Great Britain, S. palustris , the marsh or clown's woundwort, and S. Germanic a. The name alludes to a supposed vulnerary property.-2. The kidney-vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria , and occasionally other plants. - Clown's woundwort. Same as clownheal . - Knight's woundwort, the water soldier, Stratiotes aloïdes. See Stratiotes. - Saracen's woundwort. See Saracen's comfrey, under Saracen. wound worth (wönd'werth), n. A composite plant, Liabum Brownei. [West Indies.] woundy1 (wön'di or woun woun'di), a . [ wound1 + bruise of ordinary language. - Di ection-wound, a poisoned wound received while di ecting or performing an autopsy, by which septic material is introduced. Also called di ecting wound and post - mortem wound.-God's wounds. See ' swounds and zounds. - Gunshot-wound, a lacerated wound caused by a bullet or other mi ile discharged from a firearm: technically called vuln us sclopeticum.-Incised wound, a clean-cut wound made by a knife or other sharp instrument; the cut of ordinary language. - Lacerated wound, a wound caused by tearing rather than cutting; any laceration of soft parts.Open wound, an operation-wound in which the integument is widely incised, as distinguished from a subcutaneous wound in which the skin-opening is small. - Operation-wound, a wound made by the surgeon in the course of an operation, as distinguished from one occurring accidentally.-Poisoned wound, a wound into which some poisonous matter is introduced in the act of wounding, as a di ection-wound, the bite of a venomous reptile, or the sting of a poisonous insect. - Punctured wound, a narrow deep wound made by a sharp-pointed body, such as a needle or a rapier. wound1 (wönd or wound), v. [ Ther eche wounde and kylde other. IMG:content-2586.png:[blocks in formation] A Woulfe's Bottle. wound1 (wönd or wound), n. [ IMG:content-2587.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2588.png:[blocks in formation]