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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Blŏod'lĕt, v. t. p. 143To bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot.Blôod'-lêt'ter, n. p. 143One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebotomist.Blôod'-lĕt'ting, n. p. 143(Med.) The act of letting blood or bleeding by opening a vein; venesection. When blood is drawn by opening an artery, it is called arteriotomy. Dunglison.Blôod'-märked, a. p. 143Marked with blood.Blōod'-pud-ding, n. p. 143A pudding made with blood and other materials.Blôod'-rĕd, a. p. 143Red as blood.Blôod'-re-lā'tion, n. p. 143One connected by blood or descent.Blŏod'root, n. p. 143A plant so named from the color of its root; a species of Sanguinaria (S. Canadensis), called also puccoon, turmeric, red-root, and blood-wort. S. F. Baird. Bigelow.Blood'-shak'en, a. p. 143Having the blood in commotion. B. Jonson.Blóod'shĕd, n. p. 143The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the crime of shedding blood.Blood'-shĕd'der, n. p. 143One who sheds blood; a murderer. He that defraudeth the laborer of his hire is a blood-shedder. Ecclus. xxxiv. 22.Blood'-shĕd'ding, n. p. 143The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood. These hands are free from guiltless blood-shedding. Shak.Blood'-shŏt or Blood'-shŏt'ten, a. p. 143Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood-vessels, as in diseases of the eye. His eyes were blood-shot, his dress was disordered, and his hair disheveled. Dickens.Blood'-spā'vin, n. p. 143(Far.) A dilatation of the vein that runs along the inside of the hock of a horse, forming a soft swelling.Blood'-spill'ing, v. p. 143Shedding blood.Blōod'-stāined, a. p. 143Stained with blood; guilty of murder.Blood'-stōne, n. p. 143(Min.) (a.) A green silicious stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; — called also heliotrope. (b.) Hematite; a brown ore of iron. Dana.Blood'-strōke, n. p. 143The loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.Blood'-sŭck'er, n. p. 143Any animal that sucks blood; specifically applied to the leech (Sanguisuga medicinalis). Baird. 2. A cruel man; a murderer. A knot you are of damned blood-suckers. Shak.Blood'-sŭck'ing, a. p. 143That sucks or draws blood. “Blood-sucking sighs.” Shak.Blood'-swelled, a. p. 143Swelled with blood.Blood'-thirst'/i-ness, n. p. 143Thirst for shedding blood; a murderous disposition.Blood'-thirst'y, a. p. 143Desirous to shed blood; murderous.Blood'-vĕs'sel, n. p. 143Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an artery or a vein. Dunglison.Blood'-warm, a. p. 143Warm as blood; lukewarm.Blȯod'wīte, n. p. 143(Anc. Law.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; a riot wherein blood was spilled. Tomlins.Blȯod'-wȯn, a. p. 143Won by shedding blood. Scott.Blȯod'-wŏŏd, n. p. 143Logwood; — so called from its color.Blȯod'wort, n. p. 143A plant; a species of Rumex. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red…Blood'y, a. p. 143Stained with or containing blood. “Bloody clods.” E. Everett. 2. Given to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak. 3.…Blood'y, v. t. p. 143To stain with blood. Overbury.Blood'y-e'yed, a. p. 143Having bloody or cruel eyes.Blōod’y-fāced, a. p. 143Having a bloody face or appearance. Shak.Blood'y-flūx, n. p. 143The dysentery, a disease in which the discharges from the bowels have a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.Blood'y-flūxed, a. p. 143Afflicted with the bloody-flux.Blóod'y-hānd, n. p. 143A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacobs.Blōod'y-hŭnt'ing, a. p. 143Hunting for blood. Herod's bloody-hunting slaughtermen. Shak.Blood'y-mīnd'ed, a. p. 143Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to shed blood. This bloody-minded colonel. Dryden.Blood'y-rĕd, a. p. 143Having the color of blood.Blood'y-sĕp'tered, a. p. 143Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter. Shak.Blood'y-swĕat, n. p. 143A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other countries.Bloom, n. p. 143A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. “The rich blooms of the tropics.” Prescott. 2. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are…Blōom, v. i. p. 143To produce or yield blossoms; to flower. A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. Milton. 2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty…Blōom, v. t. p. 143To put forth as blossoms. [Obs.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.Blōom'a-ry, n. p. 143See BLOMARY.Bloom'er, n. p. 143A costume for ladies, consisting of a very short dress, with long, loose drawers gathered round the ankle, and a broad-brimmed hat. 2. A woman who wears such a costume.Blōom'ing, a. p. 143Opening in blossoms; flowering. He, ere one flowery season fades and dies, Designs the blooming wonders of the next. Cowper. 2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; showing the freshness and…Blōom'ing, n. p. 143(Manuf.) The process of making blooms, as of iron; — also called shingling. 2. A clouded appearance which varnish sometimes assumes upon the surface of a picture. Ogilvie.Blōom'ing-ly, adv. p. 143In a blooming manner; vigorously; freshly.Blōom'ing-ness, n. p. 143State of being blooming.Blōom'less, a. p. 143Without bloom.Blōom'y, a. p. 143Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. Goldsmith.Blōre, n. p. 143The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.] “A most tempestuous blore.” Chapman.Blŏs'som, n. p. 143The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages. ☞ The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more…Blōs'som, v. i. p. 143To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. But when the month of March has blossomed. Tennyson. 2. To flourish and prosper. Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the…Blōs'som-ing, n. p. 143The blowing or flowering of plants.Blōs'som-y, a. p. 143Full of blossoms. The blossomy tree n'is neither dry nor dead. Chaucer.Blōt, v. t. p. 143To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne. 2. To stain with infamy; to tarnish; to disgrace; to disfigure. “Blot not thy innocence with…Blōt, n. p. 143A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur. Distinction lost, and gay variety One universal blot. Thomson. 2. An obliteration of something written or printed. Dryden. 3. A spot in reputation; a stain…Blŏtch, n. p. 144A pustule upon the skin; an eruption, usually of a large kind. The one might be employed in healing those blotches and tumors that break out in the body. Spectator. The blotch of Egypt upon him. Shak.