BPage 183
- English Word Blood Definition Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
- English Word Blood Definition The fleshy nature of man.
- English Word Blood Definition The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
- English Word Blood Definition A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
- English Word Blood Definition Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
- English Word Blood Definition A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
- English Word Blood Definition The juice of anything, especially if red.
- English Word Blood Definition To bleed.
- English Word Blood Definition To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
- English Word Blood Definition To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
- English Word Blood Definition To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
- English Word Blood money Definition Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
- English Word Blood money Definition Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.
- English Word Blood vessel Definition Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
- English Word Blood-boltered Definition Having the hair matted with clotted blood.
- English Word Blood-shotten Definition Bloodshot.
- English Word Bloodbird Definition An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
- English Word Blooded Definition of Blood
- English Word Blooded Definition Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.
- English Word Bloodflower Definition A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.
- English Word Bloodguilty Definition Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- English Word Bloodhound Definition A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.
- English Word Bloodied Definition of Bloody
- English Word Bloodily Definition In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
- English Word Bloodiness Definition The state of being bloody.
- English Word Bloodiness Definition Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.
- English Word Blooding Definition of Blood
- English Word Bloodless Definition Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
- English Word Bloodless Definition Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory.
- English Word Bloodless Definition Without spirit or activity.