Meanings
adjectivevulned (not comparable)
- especiallynot comparablegovernmentWounded and bleeding, especially from the breast.
a pelican or, vulned gu.
1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 742 more examples
Or a pelican in piety ppr. REIDHEUGH, Culte-bragan. Per chev. vert and erm. in chief a pelican or vulned ppr. JOYNER. [...] Quarterly per fess indented sa. and or in the first quarter a pelican of the second vulning itself ppr.
1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 306Gu. a pelican feeding her young arg. vulned ppr. (4th quarter).
1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 190
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of vuln
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