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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stain, smear or wet, with blood.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Reach out their spears afar, And <b>blood</b> their points. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.</def>

<blockquote>It was most important too that his troops should be <b>blooded</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To heat the blood of; to exasperate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much <b>blooded</b> one against another. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bloodbird</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"bird`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Australian honeysucker (<spn>Myzomela sanguineolata</spn>); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.</def>

<h1>Blood-boltered</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"-bol`tered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Blood</ets> + Prov. E. <ets>bolter</ets> to mat in tufts. Cf.</tt> <er>Balter</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the hair matted with clotted blood.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>blood-boltered</b> Banquo smiles upon me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blooded</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.</def>

<note>&hand; Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-<i>blooded</i>; warm-<i>blooded</i>.</note>

<h1>Bloodflower</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"flow`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the color of the flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named <spn>H\'91manthus</spn>, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of <spn>H. toxicarius</spn> is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.</def>

<h1>Bloodguilty</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"guilt`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Guilty of murder or bloodshed.</def> "A <i>bloodguilty</i> life." <i>Fairfax</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Blood"guilt`i*ness</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Blood"guilt`less</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bloodhound</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"hound`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Bloodily</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.</def>

<h1>Bloodiness</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being bloody.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.</def>

<blockquote>All that <b>bloodiness</b> and savage cruelty which was in our nature. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>