blood-suckers

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• Blood

  ·noun The fleshy nature of man. II. Blood ·vt To <<Bleed>>. III. Blood ·vt To stain, smear or wet,...

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• Blood

  1) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23...

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• blood

  A riotous disorderly fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Blood

  To blood is ascribed in Scripture the mysterious sacredness which belongs to life, and God reserved ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• blood for blood

  A term used by tradesmen for bartering the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a hatter f...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rabbit suckers

  Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Blood money

  ·- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. II. Blood money ·- Mon...

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• Blood vessel

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

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• Blood-boltered

  ·adj Having the hair matted with clotted blood. ...

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• Blood-shotten

  ·adj <<Bloodshot>>. ...

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• Dragon's blood

  ·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail. ...

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• Half blood

  ·noun A person so related to another. II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...

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• blood money

  The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blood-bird

  n. name given to the Sanguineous Honey-eater. See honey-eater. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blood-sucker

  n. popular name for certainspecies of Lizards belonging to the genus Amphibolurus(Grammatophora). E...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blood-tree

  See blood-wood ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blood-wood

  or Blood-tree n. a nameapplied, with various epithets, to many of the Gum-trees (q.v.), especially...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blood olph

  a bullfinch. Norf. and Suff. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Avenger of blood

  (Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...

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• Jezreel, Blood of

  The murder perpetrated here by Ahab and Jehu (Hos. 1:4; comp. 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 9:6-10). ...

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• Blood, Revenger Of

  He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the...

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