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

A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the sa…

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.

A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, 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.