v. [Irreg. ad. L. vuln-erāre, f. vulner-, vulnus wound.]
† 1. trans. To wound. Obs.–1
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, S iij b. The Lion, who being vulned, taketh such heede, that hee knoweth who firste 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.
