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Guilty of murder or bloodshed. "A bloodguilty life." Fairfax. -- Blood"guilt`i*ness (, n. -- Blood"guilt`less, a.

varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.

The state of being bloody.

Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden.

bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot.

One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.

The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

ap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.

Bloodshed. Shak.

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

A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Youatt.

A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.

Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.

Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness (n.

The European bullfinch.

A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.