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Blood

noun

The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets. "The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

Temperament or disposition.

A dissolute man in fashionable society. Synonyms: profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue.

The descendants of one individual. Synonyms: ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.

People viewed as members of a group.

verb

(past & past part. blooded; pres. part. blooding)

Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill.

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"Blood" Quotes from Famous Books

... about, Hal sprang to his feet and climbed into the front seat, where the chauffeur was making heroic efforts to keep the car steady, a stream of blood the while pouring from a wound ...

— The boy Allies at Liege • Clair W. Hayes

... clang of the volley precluded any response from him except the half tender, half reckless smile that remained on his youthful face where he lay looking up at the sky with pleasant, sightless eyes, and a sunbeam touching the metal mule on his blood-wet collar. ...

— Barbarians • Robert W. Chambers

... Fontenoy and the landing of the Young Pretender. Nor was the actual victory without alloy; for prescient people feared that a practically independent colonial army had been encouraged to become more independent still. And who can say the fear was groundless? Louisbourg really did serve to blood New Englanders for Bunker's Hill. But, in spite of this one drawback, the news was welcomed, partly because any victory was welcome at such a time, and partly because the fall of Louisbourg was a signal assertion of British sea-power on both ...

— The Great Fortress - A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 • William Wood

... such food till he is older. What is indigestion? It means not only uncomfortable pains in the middle of the night, but also that you have not used up the food you ate, and that food is going bad inside you, and making bad blood. Eat only the foods that you know you can digest comfortably. Do not give Baby too much at a time, or he will not be able to digest it, and keep him ...

— How Girls Can Help Their Country • Juliette Low

... into confusion, so as to avoid the questions which have arisen out of his residence here." But Warwick was too cautious a statesman to hope to win England with French troops only. His hopes of Yorkist aid were over with the failure of Clarence; and, covered as he was with Lancastrian blood, he turned to the House of Lancaster. Margaret was summoned to the French court; the mediation of Lewis bent her proud spirit to a reconciliation on Warwick's promise to restore her husband to the throne, and after a fortnight's struggle she consented at the close ...

— History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) - The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 • John Richard Green

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