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Bloodshot. [Obs.]

turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

A picture made by any of the processes for reproducing photographs in colors. --Chro`mo*pho`to*graph"ic (#), a.

The art of producing photographs in colors.

A photolithograph printed in colors.

One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. --Chron`o*pho*tog"ra*phy, n.

Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.

An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. Fallows.

One who dichotomizes. Bacon.

into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. Bp. Hall.

Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. -- Di*chot"o*mous*ly, adv.

A cutting in two; a division. A general breach or dichotomy with their church. Sir T. Browne.

Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Divided into twos or threes.