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| Blood |
The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial. |
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| Blood |
Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. |
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| Blood |
Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. |
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| Blood |
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. |
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| Blood |
The fleshy nature of man. |
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| Blood-boltered |
Having the hair matted with clotted blood. |
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| Blood money |
Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. |
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| Blood money |
Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. |
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| Blood-shotten |
Bloodshot. |
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| Blood vessel |
Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. |
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| Dragon's blood |
Alt. of Dragon's tail |
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| Half blood |
The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4. |
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| Half blood |
A person so related to another. |
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| Half blood |
A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. |
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