woundn.
/wuːnd/, U.S. /wund/ 1.
a. A hurt caused by the laceration or separation of the tissues of the body by a hard or sharp instrument, a bullet, etc.; an external injury. †death's wound: see death wound n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound
woundc900
soreOE
dolk?c1225
hurt?c1225
unsoundc1275
brokec1350
plaguea1382
lesurec1420
plaiea1470
blechure1483
wounding1581
bloodwipe1611
injurya1616
seat1634
trauma1684
α.
β. c1290 Sancta Crux 438 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 14 To-gadere huy smiten to grounde..and maden heom wel bitere woundes.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11397 He hadde mo þan tuenti wounde ar he were inome.c1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 442 And þere þeih sholen se soþliche, His grisli wounden openliche.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 137 Of word among the men of Armes Ben woundes heeled with the charmes, Wher lacketh other medicine.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Þe blude rynnez doun fra þer woundes.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/1 Wownde, festryd, cicatrix. Wownde, made wythe swerde or other wepne, stigma.1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 356 He..cast hym doun to the grounde with a wounde mortall.1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxxixv There be diuers sortes of woundes, some be newe and fresshe woundes, and some be old woundes, some be depe woundes, [etc.].1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 55 Dead Henries woundes, Open their congeald mouthes and bleede a fresh. View more context for this quotation1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. L3 Wounds should be drest and heal'd, not vext, or left Wide open, to the anguish of the patient.1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 271 Octavius..was shortly after shot by the Besieged, and dyed of the Wound.1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 70 A Wound though cur'd, yet leave behind a Scar.1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 222 I receiv'd a wound with a sword which laid me on the ground.1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 92 For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds.1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 157 The broken soldier..Wept o'er his wounds.1804 Naval Chron. 12 387 Having..several sabre and pike wounds.1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxxi ‘And his wound? Is it a serious one?’ said a..voice, as the doctor left my room.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxvi The blood flowed from a wound on the head.1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo vii. 78 I..bathed and dressed his wounds.c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. ix. 124 Eac wæs se cyning gehæled from þære wunde, þe him ær gedon wæs.
OE Beowulf 2711 Ða sio wund ongon, þe him se eorðdraca ær geworhte, swelan ond swellan.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 180 Wið wunda,..genim þas wyrte þe we senecio nemdun.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 Þa com þer an helendis Mon and heuede rouþe of him and wesch his wunden mid wine.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11961 He wunde [c1300 Otho wonde] afeng feouwer unchene long.
c1275 Passion of Our Lord 187 in Old Eng. Misc. 42 Ne schullen hi nouht yete þolie none wnde.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1980 He haues a wunde in the side.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5337 Byhalde þe wondes þat yhe styked.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 501 Þan he askede of Olyuere..If þat he any wonde bere in ys body þat tyde.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 181 The bee is a Passynge wrathfull beste..and for vengeaunce they lewyth thar Styngill in the wonde.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xvi. 33 He toke them..and Wasshed their wondes.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6316 Achylles..hymselfe fore to no fyght for hys fel wondys.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 95 The mortal vondis that he hed resauit fra bessus his seruituir.
b. Esp. in the (Five) Wounds of Christ.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wounds of Christ
the (Five) Woundsc1175
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > blood, wounds, or sweat of
the (Five) Woundsc1175
blood of Christc1384
precious bloodc1384
rich bloodc1400
sang royal1523
bloody sweat1526
Sacred Blood1922
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Ac he hom helde mid his halie fif wunden.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 215 Nem þne ofte Iesu..flich to his wunden... creop in ham wið þiþocht.
a1300 Leg. Rood ii. 258 He aros to lyue From deþe þen þridde dai myd is wounden viue.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 642 Alle his afyaunce vpon folde watȝ in þe fyue woundeȝ Þat Cryst kaȝt on þe croys.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv The moste worthy to be loued woundes & passion of christ.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 155 By meryte of our lordes fyue woundes.
1533 in Linc. Dioc. Docum. (1914) 157 The ij. cunstabelles..shall deyll vd in honor and worship of the v. wondes of our lord to the v. porest folkes in the towne.
1625 A. Darcie tr. W. Camden Hist. Elizabeth i. 220 They..brought into the field many men, vnder flying colours, wherein were painted in some, the fiue wounds of our Lord.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 53 The Church of the five wounds of our Saviour.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone ii. 26 And figured there The five dear wounds our Lord did bear.
1845 E. B. Pusey tr. Horst Paradise Soul (1847) II. vi. 81 Salutations to the Five Wounds of Christ.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 549/2 As regards full stigmatization, with the visible production of the five wounds,..the oldest case, after St. Francis, is that of Ida of Louvain.
c. Used as an oath or strong exclamation, as by Christ's, or His, wounds, His arms and wounds, Wounds of God, etc. (Cf. wounds int.)See also blood n. 6, Gad n.2 and int. Compounds, god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), Gog n.1 2, and oons int., swounds int., zounds int.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus
for Christ's sake (or sakes)eOE
in (also a, o', on) Christ's nameeOE
by Christ's, or His, woundsc1350
Christ's foot!c1450
by Gis1528
Jesus Christ1602
Christ1748
Christ almighty1810
jabbers1821
for Chrissakes1845
Jeez1896
jeepers1929
sweet Jesus1932
Jeezum1959
c1350 Athelston 144 Sodaynly þan schalt þou dy, Be Cristes woundys fyue.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Lamb l. 2697 in Poems (1981) 100 Be Goddis woundis, fals tratour, thow sall de.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxxxix. 762 Than the maister ruffian began to swere bloode & woundes that thei shulde plei at the dyse.
1550 H. Latimer Serm. G ii b He cried oute, what, shall I dye (quod he) woundes, sydes, hart, shal I dye,..woundes and sydes shal I thus dye?
1560 Nice Wanton 215 It is lost, by His woundes! and ten to one!
1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like B 1 b Gogs hart.., Blood, wounds and nailes, it wil make a man mad.
1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune v. sig. G.ij By his wounds I would neuer lin Till I had made such a mingle mangle vpon their nose.
a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. H2v S'wounds ile confound her, and shee linger thus.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 14 Ad's waunds, and heart!.. I'm glad I ha' fun ye.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xi. 79 ‘Blood and wounds! (cried Weazel) d'ye question the honour of my wife, madam?’
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxv. 288 Wounds of God! In what way thought you that a lawyer listened to your rigmarole?]
d. figurative or in figurative context.
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OE Crist III 1313 Eala, þær we nu magon wraþe firene geseon on ussum sawlum, synna wunde, mid lichoman leahtra gehygdu, eagum unclæne ingeþoncas!
c1000 Rule St. Benet (Logeman) 80 Ælfremeda wunda na abarian [L. aliena vulnera non detegere].
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 41 Ure helende com to helen þe wundes þe þe deuel hadde on mancun broht.
a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 189 Þine wunden healen þe wunden of mi saule.
c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 239 My foo that gave myn herte A wounde.
14.. T. Hoccleve Virgin & Christ 62 Vn-to the souerain leche, preye of grace, Þat he my wowndes vouchesauf to cure.
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xxij The wound of temptacyon beinge greater then that it coude be healed wyth the preachynge of a woman.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxj That the woundes of the Churche myghte bee healed.
1592 T. Tymme Plaine Discouerie Ten Eng. Lepers sig. L3v Who falleth from patience by the wounds of euill tongues.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 59 The wounde of the priviledge of the House not soe greate, as that his Majestie shoulde conceave a suspicion of our zeale to his honor.
a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) i. xi. 24 This Wound is not cured by saying, that he first conquers one, and then more.
1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 3 She..Pours Balm into the bleeding Lover's Wounds.
1744 H. Brooke in E. Moore Fables xv. 14 The wounds of honour never close.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. vi. 135 Louis, who searched the wounds of the land with steel and cautery.
1862 E. B. Browning De Profundis v And tender friends go sighing round, ‘What love can ever cure this wound?’
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay xi. 173 My jewel will always believe the best of me; time will heal up her wounds.
2. transferred.
a. An incision, abrasion, or other injury due to external violence, in any part of a tree or plant.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > wound
wound1574
1574 T. Hill Ord. Bees 77 Then the barke of him [an Apple tree] is sicke: then cut it with a knife,..and when the humour thereof is somwhat flowen ouer,..stoppe diligently his wounde with clay.
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 33 Make as few wounds in a tree as possibly you can.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 397 If you have occasion to make any great Wounds, cover them over with Clay.
1799 H. Rooke Sketch Sherwood Forest 15 Where the Bark has been stript off for cutting the letters, the wood which grows over the wound never adheres to that part.
1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 73 If the cortical layers, while yet young, are accidentally injured, the part destroyed is again regenerated, and the wound healed up without a scar.
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 79 Wounds to the wood are also frequently produced during the felling of neighbouring Trees.
b. In other transferred uses.
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 689 Soon had his crew Op'nd into the Hill a spacious wound And dig'd out ribs of Gold. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 782 Her rash hand..Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound . View more context for this quotation
1792 Pakenham in Trans. Soc. Arts 10 210 Fifty-eight lower masts were wounded,..thirty-two of which had their wounds in the upper third.
3. Surgery. An incision or opening made by a surgical operator.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > [noun] > an incision
incisionc1400
wound1668
diacope1706
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. vi. 143 If..you..then by a Wound made in an Artery shall put in a crooked hollow probe.
1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 522 The wound of the integuments was contracted with strips of adhesive plaster.
1884 H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 37 At the operation no tumour was found,..on Feb. 20, the wound was quite healed.
4. Something which causes a wound (literal or figurative).
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun] > cause of
foea1200
wothea1300
grievancec1386
resentment1683
wound1715
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > one who or that which wounds
wounder1483
wound1715
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun]
roodOE
thornc1230
prickc1384
rack?a1425
travailerc1450
goading1548
twinge1548
goad1553
tormentor1553
cut1568
stingera1577
butcher1579
torture1612
bosom-devil1651
wound1844
knife-edge1876
nemesis1933
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 225 My vary'd Belt repell'd the flying Wound.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 667 in Poems I Let thy words be wounds..For, so, I shall not fear thy power to hurt.
a. A blow, a stroke. (Cf. plague n. 1) Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
dintc897
swengOE
shutec1000
kill?c1225
swipc1275
stroke1297
dentc1325
touchc1325
knock1377
knalc1380
swapc1384
woundc1384
smitinga1398
lush?a1400
sowa1400
swaipa1400
wapc1400
smita1425
popc1425
rumbelowc1425
hitc1450
clope1481
rimmel1487
blow1488
dinga1500
quartera1500
ruska1500
tucka1500
recounterc1515
palta1522
nolpc1540
swoop1544
push1561
smot1566
veny1578
remnant1580
venue1591
cuff1610
poltc1610
dust1611
tank1686
devel1787
dunching1789
flack1823
swinge1823
looder1825
thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xii. 47 Thilke seruaunt that knew the wille of his lord, and made not him redy, and dide not vp his wille, schal be betun with many woundis.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xvi. n ij/1 The seruaunt that is not chastysed with wordes muste be chastysyd with woundes.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 68 The seruant that knowyth his lordes wyl, & dothe yt not; shal be beten with many woundes.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [noun]
manqualmeOE
deathOE
starveOE
woundc1369
pestilencea1382
murraina1387
mortality?a1425
plaguea1475
pest1479
cladec1480
traik1513
mortalness1530
pestility1570
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1207 That was the ten woundes of Egypte.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw
faultc1320
breckc1369
villainyc1400
offencec1425
defectc1450
defection1526
vitiosity1538
faintness1543
gall1545
eelist1549
mar1551
hole1553
blemish1555
wart1603
flaw1604
mulct1632
wound1646
failurea1656
misfeature1818
bug1875
out1886
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i. 1 Our first and ingenerated forefathers, from whom..we derive our being, and the severall wounds of constitution. View more context for this quotation
7. Heraldry. (See quot. 1572.)
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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie 10 Seuen signes, or tokens whiche are figured in Armes round..7. Is of Purpre, and is to be called a Wounde.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.
(a)
wound-complication n.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 213 A common and formidable wound-complication.
wound-fever n.
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1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches iv. 51 I..recognized a certain Pennsylvania gentleman, whose wound-fever had taken a turn for the worse.
1888 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) I. 70 Pyæmia (wound-fever, surgical infection).
wound-mark n.
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1892 J. A. Henderson Ann. Lower Deeside 114 One of the survivors of the gang used to exhibit..the wound-mark of a dagger.
wound-print n.
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1862 J. M. Neale Hymns Eastern Church 88 In His Feet and Hands are Wound-prints, And His Side.
wound-secretion n.
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1880 R. Barwell Aneurism 2 This cord..was saturated in wound-secretion.
wound-surface n.
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1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 108 Wound-surfaces, of whatever sort, are closed and healed by it.
wound-typhoid n.
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1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 611 Pyæmia has been called wound-typhoid.
(b) With the sense ‘used for the healing of wounds’.
wound balsam n.
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1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iv. i. 300 I like and approve better of Wound Oyles, and of Wound Ointments, than of Wound Balsams.
1850 J. Pereira Elements Materia Medica (ed. 3) II: Pt. i. 1525 Wound Balsam.
wound-dressing n. (concr.: cf. Compounds 1b).
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1887 T. Longmore in J. B. Hamilton Trans. Internat. Med. Congress, 9th Session II. iii. 117 Primary wound dressings shall be available at all times and in all places.
1959 First-Aid Boxes in Factories Order 21 May in Stat. Instruments 1959 (1960) I. 1266 A sufficient number (not less than twelve) of adhesive wound dressings of an approved type and of assorted sizes.
1976 D. Francis In Frame xi. 159 The outer bandages proved to be large strong pieces of linen..just below my shoulder blade, a large padded wound dressing.
wound-oil n.
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1658Wound Oyles [see wound balsam n.].
wound-ointment n.
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1658Wound Ointments [see wound balsam n.].
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxv. 224 Pledgits of tow spread with black or yellow basilicon (or the wound ointment).
wound-paste n.
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1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 907 Herr König did not approve of wound-paste.
b. Objective and instrumental.
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wound-dilator n.
wound-dressing adj.
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1846 G. P. R. James Heidelberg III. 141 In every country town,..the latter [sc. the barber] exercised the craft of bone-setting and wound-dressing.
wound explorer n.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Wound explorer, an electric sound used in searching for bullets.
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wound-healing adj.
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1949 M. Mead Male & Female x. 216 The resistance against certain diseases, the wound-healing capacities of a whole people, may depend upon the meticulousness with which they use learned, not specific inherent, capacities.
1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 409 Under conditions of wound-healing and repair the normal inhibitor of melanogenesis present in the rest of the animal is overcome or absent.
wound-inflicting adj.
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1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 229 So did the wound inflicting brute rush on.
wound-plowed adj.
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a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. B3 Thou art a Souldier, and thy wound-plow'd face Hath every furrow fill'd with falling tears.
wound-producing adj.
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1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 5/3 One of the most terrible wound-producing bullets with which our military could be armed.
wound-scarred adj.
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1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xii. 144 The weather-beaten, wound-scarred veteran of the plains.
wound-worn adj.
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1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 65 His pale wound-worn limbs.
C2. Special combinations.† wound-drink n. Obsolete (see quot. 1694).† wound-rocket n. [ < wound n. + rocket n.4, the plant being so called on account of its wound-healing properties] Obsolete Turner's name for Herb Barbara.† wound-shrub n. Obsolete a shrub having healing properties.† wound-tree n. Obsolete (see quots. and cf. wound-shrub n.).
wound-cork n. a protective layer formed on a damaged trunk or branch of a plant or tree.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > specific types of tissue > wound-cork
wound-cork1897
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 76 A corky tissue—wound-cork—may be formed in consequence of wounds to the bark.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > medicinal potion or draught > [noun] > types of
Galianesc1386
julepc1400
posseta1425
diet-drink1600
surfeit water1633
wound-drink1657
Garus1836
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cccxxxv. 614 Of Bugle..The decoction..is an especial helpe in all Wound-drinkes.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xv. 757/1 A Wound Drink, or Drink for wounded People.
wound-free adj. free from wounds; invulnerable.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury
unwoundedOE
wholeOE
unwemmedc1175
hailc1275
wemlessc1330
sound as a trouta1450
unmaimeda1470
unmaggled1508
unmenyied?a1513
in (also with) a whole skin1534
woundless1579
unmartyred1580
wound-free1609
invulnered1613
fist-free1615
invulneratea1680
unmangled1885
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xii. xciii. 263 Nor scapt the Troian wound-free.
1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G2 When we prou'd his skin To be wound-free, not to be pierc'd with steele.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 280 An hearbe with whose juice if he would annointe any part of his bodie it should preserve it wound~free.
wound-fungus n. a fungus which grows on the injured part of a plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants
bunt1800
Sclerotium1813
Alternaria1834
oidium1836
Septoria1836
conk1851
Rhizopus1854
snow-mould1855
vine-mildew1855
vine-fungus1857
bramble-brand1867
Microsphaera1871
wood-fungus1876
sphacelia1879
blue mould1882
orange fungus1882
cluster-cup1883
hop-mildew1883
powdery mildew1886
cladosporium1887
shot-hole fungus1897
verdet1897
wound-fungus1897
fusarium1907
verticillium1916
rhynchosporium1918
coral-spot1923
blind-seed fungus1939
sclerotinia1950
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 77 They are less suited for the entrance of wound-fungi than wounds on the living branch.
wound-herb n. a plant used in the healing of wounds; = woundwort n.
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the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > valued plant > medicinal plant or herb
grasseOE
simple?a1425
wound-herb1597
bunk1660
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant
hyssopc1000
sionc1000
tunhoofc1000
poppyOE
camomilea1300
orobusa1398
tithymala1400
tutsana1400
Thapsiac1400
melissa?a1425
hallelujahc1425
turmeric1538
succory1541
balin1546
English treacle1548
treacle mustard1548
rhabarb1558
Thlaspi1562
treacle clover1562
holy herb1567
lungwort1578
solanum1578
lightwort1587
neezing wort1591
Alexander's Foot1597
burst-wort1597
symphonia1597
wound-herb1597
leper's herb1600
all bones1633
schoenanth1633
nip1651
wound-shrub1659
hermodact1678
jusquiam1727
Algerian tea1728
Australian tea1728
strongback1739
silphium1753
belladonna1788
foxglove1801
ledum1822
yercum1826
lungs of oak1856
strong man's weed1864
conium1866
short-long1871
fever grass1875
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant
comfreyc1265
wound-rocket1548
woundwort1548
wound-herb1597
dittany1624
wound-shrub1659
wound-weed1857
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 508 In the world there are not two better wound herbes.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 543 Golden Rodde..is the most soveraigne woundherbe of many.
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 416 Clowns-woundwort an excellent woundherb.
1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. i. 6 Scottish practitioners flocked..to gather simples and wound-herbs.
1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 10/1 The Yarrow was principally used by herbalists as a wound-herb.
wound hormone n. [translating German wundhormon (G. Haberlandt 1921, in Sitzungsber. d. Preuss. Akad. d. Wissensch. 222)] a substance that is produced in a plant in response to a wound and stimulates healing; cf. traumatic acid at traumatic adj. 3.
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the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > hormone > [noun] > in plants
hormone1911
wound hormone1921
plant hormone1932
phytohormone1933
auxin1934
heteroauxin1935
florigen1936
traumatic acid1939
abscisin1961
zeatin1963
cytokinin1965
antheridiol1967
abscisic acid1968
oogoniol1975
1921 Chem. Abstr. 15 2914 Exptl. evidence exists that the action of a wound as a stimulus in exciting cell division is due to decompn. products of the mechanically injured or dead cells. These products function as wound hormones.
1966 R. M. Devlin Plant Physiol. xvii. 427 Most plant tissues do not respond to traumatic acid, suggesting that it may be a specific wound hormone for bean-pod tissue.
wound-parasite n. a parasite infesting damaged plants.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [noun] > parasites
parasite1728
plasmodium1886
nosophyte1890
holoparasite1891
wound-parasite1897
plasmodiophorid1975
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 76 The normal duramen is preyed on for nutriment by many wound-parasites.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > winter-cress or land-cress
winter cress1548
wound-rocket1548
herb St. Barbara1578
yellow rocket1670
land cress1856
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant
comfreyc1265
wound-rocket1548
woundwort1548
wound-herb1597
dittany1624
wound-shrub1659
wound-weed1857
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.iv Barbara herba..maye be called in englishe woundrocket, for it is good for a wounde.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > unidentified types of
wound-tree1640
wound-shrub1659
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant
hyssopc1000
sionc1000
tunhoofc1000
poppyOE
camomilea1300
orobusa1398
tithymala1400
tutsana1400
Thapsiac1400
melissa?a1425
hallelujahc1425
turmeric1538
succory1541
balin1546
English treacle1548
treacle mustard1548
rhabarb1558
Thlaspi1562
treacle clover1562
holy herb1567
lungwort1578
solanum1578
lightwort1587
neezing wort1591
Alexander's Foot1597
burst-wort1597
symphonia1597
wound-herb1597
leper's herb1600
all bones1633
schoenanth1633
nip1651
wound-shrub1659
hermodact1678
jusquiam1727
Algerian tea1728
Australian tea1728
strongback1739
silphium1753
belladonna1788
foxglove1801
ledum1822
yercum1826
lungs of oak1856
strong man's weed1864
conium1866
short-long1871
fever grass1875
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant
comfreyc1265
wound-rocket1548
woundwort1548
wound-herb1597
dittany1624
wound-shrub1659
wound-weed1857
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 542 Wound-shrub, Izontecpatlis, Vulnerum medicina.
wound-stripe n. Historical a strip of gold braid worn by a wounded soldier on the left sleeve, vertically, above the cuff.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders
Order of St Michael1530
Legion of Honour1802
clasp1813
Iron Cross1813
medal1813
star1844
Victoria Cross1856
V.C.1859
Medal of Honour1861
bar1864
yellow jacket1864
V.D.1901
Croix de Guerre1915
Military Cross1915
C.G.M.1916
Military Medal1916
pip1917
M.M.1918
purple heart1918
Maconochie Cross1919
Maconochie Medal1919
wound-stripe1919
T.D.1924
rooty gong1925
Silver Star1932
Ritterkreuz1940
Africa Star1943
ruptured duck1945
Spam medal1945
screaming eagle1946
1919 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 82/2 A young fellow with wound-stripes on his arm.
wound stump n. = cicatrix n. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > hilum or cicatrix
hilum1753
cicatrix1826
cicatricula1828
caruncle1830
omphalodium1832
strophiole1839
omphalode1850
nucleus1861
wound stump1923
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 52 Yet see him fling himself abroad in fresh abandon From the small wound-stump.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > unidentified types of
wound-tree1640
wound-shrub1659
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > tree
wound-tree1640
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1650 Negundo mas & fœmina. The male and female wound tree.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1650 Nimbo. Another healing or wound tree.
wound-tumour disease n. a plant disease marked by tumours on roots, stems, or leaves and enlargement of veins and caused by the wound-tumour virus, Aureogenus magnivena, which is transmitted by leafhoppers.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > viral diseases
rosette disease1891
mosaic disease1894
mosaic1900
bunchy top1919
spotted wilt1919
streak disease1923
streak1930
streak virus1930
kromnek disease1932
wound-tumour disease1945
exocortis1948
1945 L. M. Black in Amer. Jrnl. Bot. XXXII. 408/1 It now seems that the terms ‘wound-tumor virus’ and ‘wound-tumor disease’ may be more appropriate and distinctive.
1967 K. M. Smith Insect Virol. xi. 219 A quick method of detecting the wound-tumor virus in the leafhopper is by staining the hemolymph smears of the insect with the D (dialysis) conjugates.
wound-weed n. = woundwort n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts
boneworteOE
springworteOE
atterlothec1000
halswortc1000
bruisewortOE
motherworta1200
panax?a1200
bloodworta1300
serpentinea1400
tutsana1400
wartworta1400
wormseeda1400
grace of God?c1400
nailworta1425
Gratia Dei?c1425
sanguinaryc1440
panacea1522
parthenium1548
woundwort1548
wart-weed1573
cardiaca1578
hermodactyl1578
panacea1590
holy seed1597
whitlow-grass1597
feverwort1611
fever and ague root1676
rattlesnake root1682
snake-root1712
cancer root1714
fever-root1739
strongback1739
rheumatism root1835
heal-all1853
wound-weed1857
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant
comfreyc1265
wound-rocket1548
woundwort1548
wound-herb1597
dittany1624
wound-shrub1659
wound-weed1857
1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 288 Solidago Virgaurea..This Golden Rod..was called Wound-weed.
wound-wood n. wood formed over an injured part.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood formed over injured part
wound-wood1897
1897 W. G. Smith tr. K. F. von Tubeuf Dis. Plants 77 These reagents..even replace the formation of protective wound-wood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
woundadj.
/waʊnd/, U.S. /waʊnd/ Subjected to winding, in various senses of the verb.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s)
twinedc1300
wounda1382
wreathenc1400
wrinkledc1403
wreathedc1425
whorlish1562
folded1570
writhen1584
upwound1590
entortilled1629
coiled1661
whirled1715
whirl-shaped1762
crinkum-crankum1766
convoluted1811
gyrated1822
rounded1845
vorticiform1849
looped1850
vorticose1870
convolute1874
gyrate1876
swirled1909
snake-spiral1922
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxvii. 1 An eddere,..a crookid wounde serpent.
1583 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 78 ij paire of bownd wheales..j paire of wounde wheales.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 88 Soft as the loosening of wound arms in sleep.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
woundv.
/wuːnd/, U.S. /wund/ 1. reflexive.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Þai wound þam self in þe legges and þe armes.a1450 Mirk's Festial 136 He wondyd hymselfe in þe honde wyth his nalle grevesly.
a. transitive. To inflict a wound on (a person, the body, etc.) by means of a weapon; to injure intentionally in such a way as to cut or tear the flesh.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound
woundc760
breakc1175
hurt1297
sorea1400
bewound?1567
vuln1583
vulnerate1599
gugg1633
sauciate1645
plunk1888
traumatize1903
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
c760 Confess. Ecgberti iv. xxii, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 210 Gif hwylc læwede man oðerne wundige, gebete wid hine ða wunde.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxviii. 277 Swelce he..sua nacodne hine selfne eowige to wundigeanne [v.r. wundianne] his feondum.
c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxi. 12 Se ðe man wundað & wile hine ofslean, swelte he deaðe.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Ȝif þu me wundedest, ic sculde wundie þe þer on-ȝein.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Hie him bireueden alle hise riche weden and wundeden him swiðe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 864 Heo..mid wepnen hine wundeden [c1300 Otho wondede] & seoððen hine slowen.
c1290 Beket 2101 in S.E. Leg. 166 He woundede is Arm swyþe sore, þat blod orn faste a-doun.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 421 Crist..koude not ordeyne siche buschementis to robbe men & to wounde hem.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 8080 Com Roberdes squiere & wonded him wele more.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3403 Eueryche gan oþer for to hurte and wounde, Til eche his felawe hath cruelly y-slawe.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 36 Preamble, Stanhop..lay in wayte uppon the seid sir William and hym grevously wouneded and maymed.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 17 Brake owte of the kynges jayle of Newgatte Owyn..& wondyd hys keper.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 155 If he wound him to death, this is no Crime.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 8 With her Dart the flying Deer she wounds.
c1800 Young Hunting iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 148/1 He..little thocht o that penknife Wherewith she wound him deep.
1839 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 110 From the day on which I had wounded him, he had never spoken.
1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain xxii. 307 They hacked and hewed at him with swords and spears, wounding him in a dozen places.
b. Said of the weapon, etc.
ΚΠ
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lvi. 5 Wæpen-strælas þa me wundedon.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1374 One of þe arwys wounded [v.r. wndede] a knyȝt.
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iv. 75 His cruell darte did Pirus wounde.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. I1 My Honor ile bequeath vnto the knife That wounds my bodie so dishonored. View more context for this quotation
1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 31 No Engine or human Art can wound him.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 29 One [of the muskets]..flew out of the Soldier's Hand, and falling against my Leg wounded it very much.
c. Frequently in passive.
ΚΠ
c900 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 894 Hiora cyning wæs gewundod on þæm gefeohte, þæt hi hine ne mehton ferian.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17431 Aȝȝ þan aniȝ wundedd wass. Þurrh þa firene neddress.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2974 Þe king let..do vnder lechcraft hom þat iwounded were.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 853 Wunded ðor was gret folc and slagen.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1377 Wel weldes he nouȝt his hele, for wonded was he sore.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. xiii. 6 With these Y was woundid in the hous of hem that loueden me.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7762 Þe king saul was wonded sare.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliii. l. 283 Of A wilde swyn thow were wondid sore thoruh thin hype.
1538 in P. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1900) I. 237 The residue being wondide to death flede away.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 453 Hee was deadly wounded in the head.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. 88 In a wound in the right Temporal Muscle, where the Artery was wounded.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶2 An honest Man that has been wounded in the Queen's Service.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 462 Count Morano was wounded as bad, as he.
1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 361 All the coaches had been upset..; each coach had averaged two passengers killed and six wounded.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lxv. 325 For nearly three centuries the legend lingered on..that Nero was the wild beast, wounded to death, but whose deadly wound had been healed.
2.
a. figurative. To injure, inflict pain or hurt upon, in a manner comparable to the infliction of a wound; in later use esp. to pain or grieve deeply.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)]
quelmeOE
eatc1000
martyrOE
fretc1175
woundc1175
to-fret?c1225
gnawc1230
to-traya1250
torment1297
renda1333
anguish1340
grindc1350
wringc1374
debreakc1384
ofpinec1390
rivea1400
urn1488
reboil1528
whip1530
cruciate1532
pinch1548
spur-galla1555
agonize1570
rack1576
cut1582
excruciate1590
scorchc1595
discruciate1596
butcher1597
split1597
torture1598
lacerate1600
harrow1603
hell1614
to eat upa1616
arrow1628
martyrize1652
percruciate1656
tear1666
crucify1702
flay1782
wrench1798
kill1800
to cut up1843
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12484 Þe deofell comm to wundenn crist. Þurrh gluterrnessess wæpenn.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 71 Ðar ðu art ðurh hem [sc. sins] ȝewunded, ðat ðu cunne hes halen.
c1230 Hali Meid. 15 He..schoteð niht & dai hise earewen..to wundi þe wið wac wil & makien to fallen.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vii. 14 Thai may say we ere woundid with charite.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 533 So sore hath she me wounded That stod in blak wyth lokyng of her eyen.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 78 Nedy I am & hongry,..wonedyd & ill-colorde for absens of my lufe.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xii. sig. Vijv Wherwith Gysippus was so wounded to the harte,..that oppressed with mortall heuynes, he fell in a sowne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 24 I thought thy heart had beene wounded with the clawes of a Lion. Orl. Wounded it is, but with the eyes of a Lady. View more context for this quotation
1667 S. Pepys Diary 6 May (1974) VIII. 203 He hath said that he would wound me with the person where my greatest interest is.
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe ii. 16 Oh! Indamora, hide these fatal Eyes; Too deep they wound whom they too soon surprise.
1738 S. Johnson London 168 Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous Heart, Than when a Blockhead's Insult points the Dart.
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. vii. 109 She dared not trust herself to speak, lest she might wound Marianne still deeper. View more context for this quotation
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xviii. 198 And many a word, at random spoken, May sooth or wound a heart that's broken!
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiv. 402 If he says something careless she is sensitive to it, and it wounds her.
1905 ‘G. Thorne’ Lost Cause viii It does wound one deeply to hear the Highest and Holiest things spoken of in this way.
b. With immaterial objects.
ΚΠ
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1702 When þe saule es wounded with syn.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Mviv The mynde is so wounded with ignoraunce..that [etc.].
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. viii. 12 When we synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consciences.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. i, in Wks. I. 587 We must not wound reputation. View more context for this quotation
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iii. 31 To spare my flesh And wound my fame, what is't?
1657 Lusts Dominion ii. v. sig. C10v It wounds my soul, To see the miserablest wretch to bleed.
1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv Better to die ten thousand thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xviii. 128 I come to attend you as a duty which I owe to my mother's memory; and I hope this may be done without wounding that of my father.
1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. vi. 382 The execution would wound the sovereignty of the foreign supreme government.
1859 C. Kingsley Misc. I. 92 You have undone me, wounded my credit with the King, past recovery.
1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. 51 Moore's vanity was easily wounded at any time.
c. Used to express the effect of harsh or disagreeable sounds upon the ear.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > make unpleasant [verb (transitive)] > wound (the ears)
rough1626
wound1670
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love i. i. 7 [A Dead March within, and Trumpets.] Max. Somewhat of mournful, sure, my Ears does wound.
a1674 T. Traherne Bells in Poems (1966) 103 The Bells do ring,..Their shriller Sound doth wound the Air.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iii. 94 Their ears are wounded by the language of vice.
1866 A. Trollope Claverings i I shall be away from Clavering, so that the marriage-bells may not wound my ears.
3. absol. or intransitive. To inflict a wound or wounds; to do harm, hurt, or injury (physically or otherwise); to impair in any way. Frequently figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > do harm [verb (intransitive)]
woundc897
to do or work wough?c1225
to do (work, make) scathec1275
annoy1340
nuisec1350
harm1362
scathe1488
to make violence to (also on, etc.)1529
prank1530
damnify1621
endamage1635
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [verb (intransitive)]
woundc897
spilea1325
grieve1398
to bring (also go, put, run) to wrack (and ruin)1412
mangle1533
to do, make, etc. (great, much) spoil1575
wreck1634
trash1970
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xi. 71 Se cleweþa.. wundað & sio wund sarað.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 2540 The swerd, Wych ys sharp..To wonde, & hurte, & parte atwene.
1591 M. Drayton Harmonie of Church sig. B2 I kil, giue life, I wound, make whole againe.
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sssss3v/2 This curtesie Wounds deeper then your Sword can, or mine owne.
1668 J. Wilson tr. Erasmus Praise of Folly (1913) 137 Sometimes also they use somewhat of a sting, but so nevertheless that they rather tickle than wound.
1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace xi He Wounds, to Cure; and Conquers, to Forgive.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 203 Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
1744 E. Moore Fables for Female Sex x. 30 From the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has pow'r to wound.
1818 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 413 Even the instinctive worm on which we tread Turns, though it wound not.
1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 272 Its strokes are so fine and delicate, that while it wounds it pleases.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers Thorns in Cushion, Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike.
4. † b. spec. To damage (a mast), esp. in a naval action. Obsolete (frequently in 18th cent.)
a. transferred. To pierce or cut as with a wound; to damage in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut
wound?c1225
cutc1275
entamec1330
slash1382
grushc1420
begash1555
gash1562
entrench1590
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > puncture
through-stingeOE
wound?c1225
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punchc1425
traversea1522
punge1570
puncture1896
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 & þe wint ne wundeð naut bute þe eir ane.
c1374 G. Chaucer Former Age 9 Yit nas the grownd nat wownded with þe plowh.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. III. 459 Hit is unlaweful among us to woundy þe hilles wiþ culter and wiþ schare.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Biiijv The anuyl and hammer shal soner be wounded and leape away.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Cv His wouen girthes he [sc. the steed] breaks asunder, The bearing earth with his hard hoofe he wounds . View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xv. 23 When she would with sharpe needle wound, The Cambricke which she made more sound By hurting it. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 510 Force on the Vessel that her Keel may wound This hated Soil.
1743 R. Blair Grave 12 The tapering Pyramid!..Whose spiky Top Has wounded the thick Cloud.
a1766 J. W. Baker in Compl. Farmer at Turnep Some [turnips], which had been accidentally wounded by cows.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 446/1 [article America] The American aloe..yields, when wounded, an abundance of sweet fluid.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 820/1 at Shipbuilding For the sake of avoiding unnecessarily wounding the timbers.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > damage (mast)
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1743–4 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 211 The Namure being in a shattered Condition,..all the Topmasts wounded.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 100/2 The Orpheus..is peppered very well too, her masts very much wounded.
1798 Hull Advertiser 16 June 1/3 Her rigging was much cut, and her mainmast wounded.
c. figurative. Of wine: To overpower.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk
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1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 610/1 Vpon the left hand..lay the bodies of beasts stretched out along, sleeping verie soundly... All were wounded with Wine.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 347 I..filled Another cup, well knowing that the wine Would wound him soon.
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