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verb

Blood v. t. (past & past part. blooded; pres. part. blooding)

To bleed. (Obs.)

To stain, smear or wet, with blood. (Archaic) "Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points."

To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. "It was most important too that his troops should be blooded."

To heat the blood of; to exasperate. (Obs.) "The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much blooded one against another."

adjective

Blooded adj. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. Note: Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded.

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... this, he changed his coat and became a full-blooded Democrat, and ran for Congress as the Democratic candidate, and was elected by virtue of General Jackson's popularity. He was afraid to run a second term, and ...

— Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; • William Gannaway Brownlow

... Upon the whole, therefore, the relationships of the Pterosaurs cannot be regarded as absolutely settled. It seems certain, however, that they did not possess feathers—this implying that they were cold-blooded animals; and their affinities with Reptiles in this, as in other characters, are ...

— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson

... snowdrops, it gives me pleasure to tread down the jonquils, to destroy the chill Lent lilies; for I am sick of them, their faint-bloodedness, slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. ...

— Look! We Have Come Through! • D. H. Lawrence

... doctor who was called in, after the lad's removal to Kirk Street, did not take so reassuring a view of the patient's case. The wound was certainly not situated in a very dangerous part of the head; but it had been inflicted at a time when Zack's naturally full-blooded constitution was in a very unhealthy condition, from the effects of much more ardent spirit-drinking than was at all good for him. Bad fever symptoms set in immediately, and appearances became visible in the neighborhood of the wound, at which the medical head shook ominously. ...

— Hide and Seek • Wilkie Collins

... not unseat his rider, the beast suddenly gave over his plunging, and bolted at furious speed down the smooth slope towards Plum Creek. Before they had gone half a furlong Ashton realized that he was on a blooded horse of unusual speed and a runaway. He could not hope to pull down so tough-mouthed a beast with his ordinary curb. The best he could do was to throw all his weight on the right rein. Unable altogether to resist the steady tug at his head, the ...

— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet

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