Part 1209

<note>Norfolk Island <i>bloodwood</i> is a euphorbiaceous tree (<spn>Baloghia lucida</spn>), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as <spn>Gordonia H\'91matoxylon</spn> of Jamaica, and several species of Australian <spn>Eucalyptus</spn>; also the true logwood (</spn> H\'91matoxylon campechianum</spn>).</note>

<h1>Bloodwort</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"wort`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant, <spn>Rumex sanguineus</spn>, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (<spn>Sanguinaria Canadensis</spn>), and to an extensive order of plants (<spn>H\'91modorace\'91</spn>), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.</def>

<h1>Bloody</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bl<?/dig</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; <as>as, <ex>bloody</ex> excretions; <ex>bloody</ex> sweat.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Smeared or stained with blood; <as>as, <ex>bloody</ex> hands; a <ex>bloody</ex> handkerchief.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>bloody</b> passion shakes your very frame. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; <as>as, a <ex>bloody</ex> battle</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.</def> <mark>[Vulgar]</mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Bloody</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bloodied</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bloodying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To stain with blood.</def>

<i>Overbury.</i>

<h1>Bloodybones</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y*bones`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A terrible bugbear.</def>

<h1>Bloody flux</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y flux`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Bloody hand</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y hand`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A 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.</def>

<i>Jacob.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.</def>

<h1>Bloody-minded</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y-mind"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Bloody sweat</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blood"y sweat`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called <i>sweating sickness</i>, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.</def>