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vulnerary, a. and n.|ˈvʌlnərərɪ|
Also 6 -arye, 7 -arie.
[ad. L. vulnerārius adj. and n. (Pliny), f. vulner-, vulnus wound: see -ary. So F. vulnéraire (16th c.), Sp., Pg., It. vulnerario.]
A. adj.
1. Useful in healing wounds; having curative properties in respect of external injuries:
a. Of applications or potions.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 199/2 Applye ther⁓on a good boneplayster, and let him drinck a vulnerarye potione. 1601Holland Pliny II. 160 The oile..made of the flours of the wild vine serveth in good stead for vulnerarie salves and plastres. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 77 The same method of cure, by ordinary Balsams, or common vulnerary plasters. 1693–4Phil. Trans. XVIII. 43 Which did sufficiently denote this Vulnerary Pouder (as it's called in a late Publick Paper) to be a violent Caustick. 1709Ibid. XXVI. 388 A Compress..dipt in a Mixture of four Ounces of Plantain-water, and two Ounces of a Vulnerary Water. 1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. 385 Large tents or dossils dipped in vulnerary balsams. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 578 A species of night-shade, which is made use of..as a vulnerary remedy. 1818Art Preserv. Feet 229 They may even find some advantage in a lotion called Theden's vulnerary wash. 1846Gilly in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 177 Geranium molle and robertianum are added to vulnerary potions.
b. Of herbs.
1601Holland Pliny xxvii. iv. II. 273 It is..a good vulnerarie hearbe besides, and stancheth the bleeding of wounds. 1661J. Childrey Brit. Baconica 171 To gather vulnerary Plants. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 421 To give a full account of that Vulnerary Root, called Wichacan. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 154 The Flowers are vulnerary; the Seed pectoral. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 47 ⁋2 The wounded stags of Crete are related by ælian to have recourse to vulnerary herbs. 1788Gentl. Mag. LVIII. i. 103/2 Golden Rod..generally appears among the vulnerary or restorative simples. 1821Scott Pirate xxxiii, So efficacious were the vulnerary plants and salves with which it had been treated. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 60 Another species of the same genus [Lythrum] is accounted in Mexico astringent and vulnerary.
c. Of qualities.
1744Berkeley Siris §61 Turpentines, however famous for their vulnerary and detergent qualities. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 343 It will be proper to hold medicines, almost continually, in the mouth, of a subastringent and vulnerary nature. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 105 The herb was, in former times, esteemed for its vulnerary virtues. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 654/2 The plant is further credited with the possession of vulnerary and astringent properties.
†2. Skilled in curing wounds. Obs.—1
1601Holland Pliny xxix. i. II. 345 Called he was (by report) The vulnerarie Physician or Chirurgian.
3. Causing a wound or wounds; wounding. Also fig.
1615H. Crooke Body of Man 26, I call it Artificiall, to distinguish it from that which is rash and at aduenture, which Galen calleth Vulnerary Dissection. 1661Feltham Resolves (ed. 8) ii. lvi. 301 The aspect of his eye alone, does sometimes become not only vulnerary, but mortal. 1810Bentham Packing (1821) 35 All those who have been either struck, or struck at, by the instrument thus vulnerary to sentimental feelings.
B. n.
1. Any preparation, plant, or drug used in the cure of wounds.
1601Holland Pliny xxvii. iv. II. 274 Highly commended by Hicesius a Physician of great name and authoritie, also by Aristogiton, for an excellent vulnerarie. 1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. i. 6 If..you expect wounds and broken Bones, then you must carry more quantity of Vulneraries. 1713P. Blair Misc. Observ. (1718) 109 Pyrola vulg. is said to be astringent and a good Vulnerary. 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 88 This is the grand Indian vulnerary, for wounds [etc.]. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 477 Externally, they use the fresh juice to cicatrize wounds. As a vulnerary, I can my⁓self affirm, it possesses such powers, that [etc.]. 1860All Year Round No. 47. 484 Once upon a time surgeons did not believe that wounds were to be healed properly without vulneraries, balsams, and charpies. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. xx. 279 The yellow resin found at the roots of old [gamboge] trees is used as a vulnerary and diuretic.
†2. A curer of wounds. Obs.—0
1656Blount Glossogr., Vulnerary, he that healeth wounds, a Chyrurgeon. |