WOUND, n. G.
1. A breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or of the bark and wood of a tree, or of the bark and substance of other plants, caused by violence or external force. The self-healing power of living beings, animal or vegetable, by which the parts separated in wounds, tend to unite and become sound, is a remarkable proof of divine benevolence and wisdom.
2. Injury hurt as a wound given to credit or reputation.
WOUND, To hurt by violence as, to wound the head or the arm to wound a tree.
He was wounded for our transgressions. Isaiah 53 .
WOUND, pret. and pp. of wind.
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