vulned, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
1. Her. Of animals, etc.: Represented as wounded or pierced by a weapon.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 43 b, N. beareth Gules, a Lyon Rampant d'Or, vulned with a darte d'Argent. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxv. (1611) 175 Hee beareth argent, a fesse Gules betweene three Hearts vulned and distilling drops of bloud. 1688 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. 1780 Edmondson Her. II. s.v., A hind's head couped, pierced through the neck with an arrow, vulned proper. 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. |
† 2. fig. Of conscience: Wounded. Obs.—1
| 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. |