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To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

n of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

he wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.

Bound about, or wound, with cords.

Coagulated. [Obs.] His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser.

To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. The man was cut to the heart. Addison.

Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More.

death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

ecution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. -- Death wound. (a) A fatal wound or injury. (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak. -- Spiritual death (Scripture), the corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God. -- The gates of death, the grave…

asured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak.

The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.

A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.

To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.

A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison.

To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.

Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value…

Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.

or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.