Defn: The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.
BLOODY HAND
Blood"y hand` (.
1. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.
2. (Her.)
Defn: A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
BLOODY-MINDED
Blood"y-mind"ed, a.
Defn: Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.
BLOODY SWEAT
Blood"y sweat` (.
Defn: A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.
BLOOM Bloom, n. Etym: [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl, bl; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. bl, OS. bl, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.]