blond lace (blondlas)

Lace made of silk, originally of unbleached silk (from the yellowish color of which the name arose), now of Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio; Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? the spiritual or divine life. Shak., R. and J., iii. 1. All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood. Shak ., Sonnets, cix. For beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood . Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. (c) Temper of mind; natural disposition; high spirit; mettle; pa ion; anger: in this sense often accompanied with cold or warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood is to do it deliberately and without sudden pa ion. Hot or warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated; to warm or heat the blood is to excite the pa ions. IMG:content-2201.png:[blocks in formation] nature: as, it was too much for flesh and blood to endure. (b) Offspring; progeny; child or children: as, one's own flesh and blood should be preferred to strangers. - Flower of blood, froth of blood, names used in commerce to denote coral of certain degrees of hardne and brilliancy of color. For the blood of himt, for the life of him.Fresh blood, blood of another strain; hence, new members, or new elements of vigor or strength; persons of new or fresh ideas and ways of thinking: as, fresh blood is needed in the management of the party. Half blood, relationship through one parent only, as that of half brothers or sisters, or of persons of the same race on one side and different races on the other. In blood, in a state of perfect health and vigor: properly a term of the chase. But when they shall see, sir, his crest up again, and the man in blood , they will out of their burrows like conies after rain. Shak ., Cor., iv. 5. In cold blood, in hot blood. See 4 (c), above. - Man of blood, a murderous or bloodthirsty man; a murderer. The secret'st man of blood. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. Out of blood, in bad condition; without vigor; lifele : said of hounds. The blood, royal family or lineage: as, princes of the blood. To be let bloodt. (a) To have a vein opened for the withdrawal of blood as a remedy in sickne . You look as you were not well, sir, and would be Shortly let blood. Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, v. 2. (b) To be put to death. Commend me to Lord William: tell him.. His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries To-morrow are let blood at Pomfret-castle. Shak., Rich. III, iii. 1. To let blood, in surg., to draw blood from (any one) by opening a vein. He is feverish, and hath sent for Mr. Pearce to let him blood. Pepys , Diary, L. 374. To restore to or in blood, to free from the consequences of attainder; readmit to the privileges of one's birth and rank. To run in the blood, to be hereditary in the family, nationality, or race. To the bloodt, to the quick; through the skin. I could not get on my boots, which vexed me to the blood. Pepys , Diary, L. 332 Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. See half blood , above. Young blood, young people generally; the younger members of a community, party, etc. IMG:content-2202.png:[blocks in formation] Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points to prove their partnership in war. Dryden, Fables. Hence-3. To give a taste of blood; inure to the sight of blood. It was most important too that his troops should be Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ix. blood-baptism (blud baptizm), n. applied by the early Christians to the martyr- dom of those converts who had not been bap- tized. See baptism of blood , under baptism . blood-bespotted (blud'be-spot"ed), a. Spot- blood-corpuscle (blud korpus-l), n. the corpuscles of the blood; a blood-cell or blood-drier (blud' dri" er), n. pares blood for use in sugar-refining and for other purposes. IMG:content-2203.png:[blocks in formation] blood-guiltle (blud gilt les), a . Free from blood-mare (blud'mar), n. A mare of blooded the guilt or crime of shedding blood; not guilty of murder. Walpole . [Rare.] blood-guilty (blud gilt i), a. Guilty of murder; responsible for the death of another. Fairfax , tr. of Godfrey of Bullogne, xii. 66. blood-heat (blud'hēt), n . A degree of heat equal to that of human blood, that is, about 99° F. (though commonly marked on thermom- eters as 98°). blood-horse (blud'hôrs), n. [ blood , 4 (f), + horse.] 1. A horse of a breed derived origi- nally from a cro with the Arabian horse, combining in a remarkable degree lightne , strength, swiftne , and endurance. - 2. A blooded horse. blood-hot (blud'hot), a . As warm as blood at its natural temperature. bloodhound (blud'hound), n. hound, -hond (= D. bloedhond = MLG. blōthunt = G. bluthund = Dan. Sw. blodhund ); blood + hound.] 1. A variety of dog with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, remarkable for the acutene of its smell, and employed to recover game or prey which has escaped, tracing a wounded animal by the blood it has spilled (whence its name), or by any other effluvium or halitus left on a trail which it follows by scent. There are several varieties of this animal, as the English, the Cuban, and the African bloodhound. Bloodhounds are often trained not only to the pursuit of game, but also of man, as of fugitive criminals; in the fugitive slaves. United States they were formerly employed in hunting 2. Figuratively, a man who hunts for blood; a relentle persecutor. Wide was the ruin occasioned by the indefatigable zeal with which the bloodhounds of the tribunal followed up IMG:content-2204.png:[blocks in formation] bloodingt (blud'ing), n. A blood-pudding. blood-islands (blud'ī"landz), n. pl. In embryol., the isolated red patches in the vascular area of the embryo, in which red blood-corpuscles are in proce of development. blood-leech (blud lech), n. One of the Hiru- dine a which sucks blood, as the common med i- cinal leech. bloodle (blud'les), a. [ blodles , blōdleás (= D. bloedeloos = G. blutlos = Icel. blodhlaus = Sw. Dan. blodlös ), blōd , blood, + -leás, -le .] 1. Without blood; drained of blood; dead from lo of blood. The bloodle carca of my Hector. Dryden, Æneid. 2. Pale or colorle from defect of blood; pal- lid: as, bloodle lips.-3. Free from blood- shed; unattended by blood: as, a bloodle vic- tory; "with bloodle stroke, " Shak . , T. N., ii. 5. Carrying the bloodle conquests of fancy over regions laid down upon no map. blooded (blud'ed), a. [ other stock.-2. Having blood of a kind noted or specified: used in composition: as, warm- blooded animals.-3. Figuratively, character- ized by a temper or state of mind noted in the prefix: used in composition: as, a cold- blooded murder; a hot - blooded answer. IMG:content-2205.png:[blocks in formation] blood let (blud 'let), v. i. [ blodleten , AS. blödlætan (cf. Icel. blōdhlātinn , pp.), blod , blood, + lætan , let: see let1 .] To bleed; let blood; phlebotomize. [Rare.] bloodletter (blud'let"èr), n. [ blodletter , -leter , blödlætere , blödlætan , blood let.] One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebot- blood-money (blud'muni), n. Money paid as the price of blood. (a) Compensation or reward for bringing about the death of another, either by bringing a capital charge against him or by giving such testimony as will lead to conviction. (b) Compensation formerly, and still in some non-Christian countries, paid to the next of kin for the killing of a relative. blood-pheasant (blud'fez"ant), n. A bird of the genus It hag in is (which see). blood-plaque (blud'plak), n. Same as blood- plate . blood-plate (blud'plāt), п. discoidal bodies found in large numbers in the blood of mammals. They are from one fourth to one half the size of the red corpuscles, and are many times more numerous than the white corpuscles. See blood and blood- corpuscle. Also called hematoblasts of Hayem , and cor- puscles or elementary particles of Zimmermann . blood-poisoning (blud'poi" zn-ing), n. See toxemic blood-pudding (blud' puding), n. Same as black - pudding . blood-red (blud'red), a . [ blodrede , blōdreád (= D. bloedrood = G. blutroth = Icel. blōdhraudhr = Sw. Dan. blodröd ), blōd , blood, + reád , red.] Blood-colored; red with blood. He wrapped his colours round his breast, On a blood-red field of Spain. IMG:content-2206.png:[blocks in formation] The event which was to place the blood -red hand of the Newcome baronetcy on his own brougham. Thackeray , New comes. bloodroot (blud'röt), n. 1. The tormentil ( Po- tentilla Torment ill a ) of Europe and northern Asia: named from the color of its root, which is rich in a red coloring matter. It is also rich in tannin, and has been used as an astringent.-2. The common name in the Unit- ed States of a papavera- ceo us herb, Sanguinaria Can a dens is, one of the earl i- est spring flowers. Its fleshy roots yield a dark-red juice, are bitter and acrid, and contain a peculiar alkaloid, sanguinarin. It is used in medicine as a stimu- lant, expectorant, and emetic. blood-sacrifice (blud's ak"- ri-fis), n. A sacrifice made with shedding of blood; IMG:content-2207.png:[blocks in formation] He that defraud eth the laborer of his hire is a blood- Ecclus. xxxiv. 22. bloodletting (blud'let"ing), n. [ leting , -letunge , blodleten , blood let. Cf. G. blut- la en , bloodletting.] In med ., the act of letting blood or bleeding by opening a vein, as a reme- dial measure in the treatment of disease; phle- botomy. IMG:content-2208.png:[blocks in formation] blood shedding These hands are free from guiltle blood shedding. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 2t. The act of shedding one's own blood. bloodshot (blud's hot), a. Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood-ve els, as in certain weak or excited states: said of the eye. Retiring late, at early hour to rise, With shrunken features, and with bloodshot eyes. Crabbe, Works, V. 21. bloodshot tent (blud's hot" n), a. Bloodshot. Johnson. bloodshottenne t (blud's hot"n-nes), n. The state of being bloodshot. The enemies of the church's peace could vex the eyes to blood shotten ne and fury. of the poor people I. Walton , Life of Hooker. blood-sized (blud'sīzd), a . Sized or stiffened with blood: as, "the blood - sized field," Fletcher ( and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen. [Rare.] blood-spavin (blud's pav"in), n. A dilatation of the vein that runs along the inside of the hock of a horse, forming a soft swelling. blood-spiller (blud's piler), n. One who spills or sheds blood; a blood shedder. Quarterly Rev. [Rare.] [