Bloodshed Blood"shed` noun [ Blood + shed ] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

Bloodshedder Blood"shed`der noun One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.

Bloodshedding Blood"shed`ding noun Bloodshed. Shak.

Bloodshot Blood"shot` adjective [ Blood + shot , past participle of shoot to variegate.] Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.

His eyes were bloodshot , . . . and his hair disheveled.
Dickens.

Bloodstick Blood"stick" noun (Far.) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Youatt.

Bloodstone Blood"stone` noun (Min.) (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope . (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."

Bloodstroke Blood"stroke` noun [ Confer French coup de sang .] Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.

Bloodsucker Blood"suck`er noun 1. (Zoology) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ), and related species.

2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [ Obsolete] Shak.

3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

Bloodthirsty Blood"thirst`y adjective Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness noun

Bloodulf Blood"ulf noun (Zoology) The European bullfinch.

Bloodwite, Bloodwit Blood"wite`, Blood"wit` noun [ Anglo-Saxon bl...wīte ; bl...d blood, + wīte wite, fine.] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

Bloodwood Blood"wood noun (Botany) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.

Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ( Baloghia lucida ), 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 Gordonia Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus ; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum ).

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

Bloody Blood"y adjective [ Anglo-Saxon blōdig .] 1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

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

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

Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
Shak.

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

5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [ Vulgar] Thackeray.

Bloody Blood"y transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bloodied ; present participle & verbal noun Bloodying .] To stain with blood. Overbury.

Bloody flux Blood"y flux` The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.

Bloody hand Blood"y hand` 1. 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. Jacob.

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

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

Bloody-minded Blood"y-mind"ed adjective Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.

Bloodybones Blood"y·bones` noun A terrible bugbear.

Bloom Bloom noun [ Middle English blome , from Icelandic bl...m , bl...mi ; akin to Swedish blom , Goth. bl...ma , Old Saxon bl...mo , Dutch bloem , Old High German bluomo , bluoma , German blume ; from the same root as Anglo-Saxon bl...wan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and confer Blossom .] 1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

The rich blooms of the tropics.
Prescott.

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

3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom , a more delicate and briefer beauty.
Hawthorne.

4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.

A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it.
Thackeray.

5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

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

7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom .

Bloom Bloom intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bloomed ; present participle & verbal noun Blooming .] 1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

A flower which once
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom .
Milton.

2. 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.

A better country blooms to view,

Beneath a brighter sky.
Logan.

Bloom Bloom transitive verb 1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [ R.]

Charitable affection bloomed them.
Hooker.

2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [ R.] Milton.

While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
Keats.

Bloom Bloom noun [ Anglo-Saxon bl...ma a mass or lump, īsenes bl...ma a lump or wedge of iron.] (Metal.) (a) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling. (b) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.

Bloomary Bloom"a·ry noun See Bloomery .

Bloomer Bloom"er noun [ From Mrs. Bloomer , an American, who sought to introduce this style of dress.] 1. A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

2. A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

Bloomery Bloom"er·y noun (Manuf.) A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.

Blooming Bloom"ing noun (Metal.) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

Blooming Bloom"ing adjective 1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.

2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

Bloomingly Bloom"ing·ly adverb In a blooming manner.

Bloomingness Bloom"ing·ness noun A blooming condition.

Bloomless Bloom"less adjective Without bloom or flowers. Shelley.

Bloomy Bloom"y adjective 1. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.

But all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Goldsmith.

2. Covered with bloom, as fruit. Dryden.

Blooth Blooth noun Bloom; a blossoming. [ Prov. Eng.]

All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands.
T. Hardy.

Blore Blore noun [ Perh. a variant of blare , intransitive verb ; or confer Gael. & Ir. blor a loud noise.] The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [ Obsolete]

A most tempestuous blore .
Chapman.

Blosmy Blos"my adjective Blossomy. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Blossom Blos"som (blŏs"sŭm) noun [ Middle English blosme , blostme , Anglo-Saxon blōsma , blōstma , blossom; akin to Dutch bloesem , Latin fios , and English flower ; from the root of English blow to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and confer Bloom a blossom.] 1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom .

» The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla . It is more commonly used than flower or bloom , when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers.

Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day.
Longfellow.

2. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

In the blossom of my youth.
Massinger.

3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color .

In blossom , having the blossoms open; in bloom.

Blossom Blos"som intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blossomed ; present participle & verbal noun Blossoming .] [ Anglo-Saxon bl...stmian . See Blossom , noun ] 1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.

The moving whisper of huge trees that branched
And blossomed .
Tennyson.

2. To flourish and prosper.

Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit.
Isa. xxvii. 6.

Blossomless Blos"som·less adjective Without blossoms.

Blossomy Blos"som·y adjective Full of blossoms; flowery.

Blot Blot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blotted ; present participle & verbal noun Blotting .] [ Confer Danish plette . See 3d Blot .]

1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
Gascoigne.

2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
Shak.

3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.
Rowe.

4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out ; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.

One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
Dryden.

5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
Cowley.

6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

Syn. -- To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.

Blot Blot intransitive verb To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

Blot Blot noun [ Confer Icelandic blettr , Danish plet .] 1. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. "Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." Shak.

2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden.

3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
Shak.

Blot Blot noun [ Confer Danish blot bare, naked, Swedish blott , d. bloot, German bloss , and perhaps English bloat .] 1. (Backgammon) (a) An exposure of a single man to be taken up. (b) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.

He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit.
Dryden.

2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Blotch Blotch noun [ Confer Middle English blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black , as bleach is akin to bleak . See Black , adjective , or confer Blot a spot.] 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch .

Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow.
Harvey.

2. (Medicine) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.

Foul scurf and blotches him defile.
Thomson.

Blotched Blotched adjective Marked or covered with blotches.

To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease.
Drayton.

Blotchy Blotch"y adjective Having blotches.

Blote Blote transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bloted ; present participle & verbal noun Bloting .] [ Confer Swedish blöt-fisk soaked fish, from blöta to soak. See 1st Bloat .] To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [ Obsolete]

Blotless Blot"less adjective Without blot.

Blotter Blot"ter (blŏt"tẽr) noun 1. One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.

2. (Com.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.

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