v. [Irreg. ad. L. vuln-erāre, f. vulner-, vulnus wound.]
† 1. trans. To wound. Obs.–1
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, S iij. The Lion, who being vulned, taketh such heede, that hee knoweth who first smote him.
2. Her. (See quots., and cf. next.)
1780. Edmondson, Her., II. Vulning, i.e. wounding, a term applied in Heraldry to the pelican, which is always drawn picking or wounding her breast.
1829. Cassan, Bps. of Bath & Wells, 67. A Pelican in her Nest vulning herself.
1868. Cussans, Her. (1893), 93. Some writers make a distinction between a Pelican vulning herself, and in her piety.
