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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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