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  1.  Her. of animals, etc.: Represented as wounded or pierced by a weapon.

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1572.  Bossewell, Armorie, II. 43 b. N. beareth Gules, a Lyon Rampant d’Or, vulned with a darte d’Argent.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, III. xxv. (1611), 175. Hee beareth argent, a fesse Gules betweene three Hearts vulned and distilling drops of bloud.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. 144/1. The sundry ways that Beasts are besides born in Arms…. Vulned, wounded, when any part is wounded, or made bloody.

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1780.  Edmondson, Her., II. s.v., A hind’s head couped, pierced through the neck with an arrow, vulned proper.

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1850.  W. D. Cooper, Hist. Winchelsea, 152. Crest, A halbert erect or. on the point a flying dragon (or wivern) or. without legs, tail nowed sa. bezantée, vulned gu.

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  † 2.  fig. Of conscience: Wounded. Obs.–1

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1628.  Feltham, Resolves, II. [I.] lxiv. 183. Let them that deny the immortality of the Soule, bee immerged in the horrours of a vulned conscience.

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