ETYM French escourgée, from Latin excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), from excoriare to strip, to skin. Related to Excoriate.
A whip used to inflict punishment.

ETYM Old Eng. sor, sar, AS. sâr. Related to Sore.
(Homonym: soar).
An open skin infection.

ETYM Old Eng. wounde, wunde, AS. wund.
1. Any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision; SYN. injury, cut, lesion.
2. The act of inflicting a wound; SYN. wounding.
3. A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat; SYN. injury, combat injury.