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Blood
·noun The fleshy nature of man.
II. Blood ·vt To <<Bleed>>.
III. Blood ·vt To stain, smear or wet,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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blood
A riotous disorderly fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Blood
To blood is ascribed in Scripture the mysterious sacredness which belongs to life, and God reserved ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dragon's tail
·- ·see Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, ·etc., under <<Dragon>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blood money
·- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
II. Blood money ·- Mon...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blood-boltered
·adj Having the hair matted with clotted blood.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blood-shotten
·adj <<Bloodshot>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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 ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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blood money
The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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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
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blood-tree
See blood-wood
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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blood olph
a bullfinch. Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blood-suckers
Lazy fellows, who, by skulking, throw their proportion of labour on the shoulders of their shipmates...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary