A favourite word used by the thieves in swearing, as bloody eyes, bloody rascal.
·vt To stain with blood. II. Bloody ·adj Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- 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 Un...
·- A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly preval...
·adj Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. ...
The sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A jeering appellation for a soldier, alluding to his scarlet coat. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A large red flag. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(Acts 28:8) the same as our dysentery, which in the East is, though sometimes sporadic, generally ep...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
One of the physical phenomena attending our Lord's agony in the garden of Gethsemane is described by...
A bull beggar, or scarechild, with which foolish nurses terrify crying brats. ...