blooding

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Blood \Blood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blooding}.]
   1. To bleed. [Obs.] --Cowper.
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   2. To stain, smear or wet, with blood. [Archaic]
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            Reach out their spears afar,
            And blood their points.               --Dryden.
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   3. To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of
      blood, as in hunting or war.
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            It was most important too that his troops should be
            blooded.                              --Macaulay.
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   4. To heat the blood of; to exasperate. [Obs.]
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            The auxiliary forces of the French and English were
            much blooded one against another.     --Bacon.
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