wound, wounde

[A. S. wund, cogn. with Dut. wond, wonde; Icel. und (for vund ); Dan. vunde; O. H. Ger. wunta; Ger.wunde =a wound, wund =wounded; Goth.wunds = wounded. Formed from the pa. par., of the strong verb signifying "to fight," or suffer," represented in A. S. by winn an = to strive, to fight, to suffer; pa. par. wunnen. ( Skeat.)] sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. 1. A breach or rupture of the skin and flesh of an animal caused by violence, or, in surgical phrase, a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body occasioned by external violence, and attended with a greater or le amount of bleeding. Wounds are cla ified as follows: (4) Lacerated wounds, in which there is tearing or laceration, as by some rough instrument. (5) Gunshot wounds. (6) Poisoned wounds, wounds complicated with the introduction of some poison or venom into the part. *Where sharp the pang, and mortal is the wound." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xiii. 719. 2. Any injury to the bark and wood of a tree, or of the bark and substance of other plants. 3. Any hurt, pain, or injury; as, a wound to credit or reputation. Especially applied to the pangs of love. "And gives our heart a wound that nothing heals." Cowper: Death of Damon. wound-rocket, s. Bot.: Barb are a vulgar is . So named because it was reputed good for wounds. wound, v. t. & i. [A. S. wundian, from wund =a wound.] A. Transitive : 1. To hurt by violence: to inflict a wound on; to cut, slash, stab, or lacerate; to damage; to injure. He was wounded for our transgre ions." -Isaiah liii. 5. *2. Applied to sensele or inanimate things. "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds ." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 267. 3. To hurt the feelings of; to pain. "When ye sin against the weaker brethren and wound their weak consciences ye sin against Christ."-1 Corinthtans viii. 12. B. In trans.: To inflict hurt, or injure, either in a physical or moral sense. "Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike." Pope: Satires, 203. (Prol.) wound, pret. & pa . par . of v . [WIND (2), v .] *wound-a-ble, a. [English wound , v.; -able .] Capable of being wounded; liable to be wounded; vulnerable. wound-ěd, pa. par. & a. [WOUND, v.] [GENEVA CONVENTION.]