English English Dictionary

Alt. of Bloodwit

A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.

A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.

Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.

Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

To stain with blood.

The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood.

A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.

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.

A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.

Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.

A terrible bugbear.

of Bloody

The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.