Part 1208

<h1>Bloodshot</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"shot`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Blood</ets> + <ets>shot</ets>, p. p. of <ets>shoot</ets> to variegate.]</ety> <def>Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.</def>

<blockquote>His eyes were <b>bloodshot</b>, . . . and his hair disheveled. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Blood"-shot`ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bloodshot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bloodstick</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"stick"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein.</def>

<i>Youatt.</i>

<h1>Bloodstone</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"stone`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also <altname>heliotrope</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."</def>

<h1>Bloodstroke</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"stroke`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>coup de sang</ets>.]</ety> <def>Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Bloodsucker</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"suck`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (<spn>Hirudo medicinalis</spn>), and related species.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.</def>

<h1>Bloodthirsty</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"thirst`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Blood"thirst`i*ness</wf> (<?/), <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bloodulf</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"ulf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European bullfinch.</def>

<h1>Blood vessel</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood" ves`sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.</def>

<h1>Bloodwite, Bloodwit</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw><hw>Blood"wite`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Blood"wit`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bl<?/w\'c6te</ets>; <ets>bl<?/d</ets> blood, + <ets>w\'c6te</ets> wite, fine.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Law)</fld> <def>A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.</def>

<h1>Bloodwood</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"wood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.</def>