English English Dictionary

To stain, smear or wet, with blood.

To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.

To heat the blood of; to exasperate.

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.

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

Having the hair matted with clotted blood.

Bloodshot.

An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.

of Blood

Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.

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.

Guilty of murder or bloodshed.

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.

of Bloody

In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.

Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.

The state of being bloody.

of Blood

Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory.