selfbloodt (selfblud)

1. Direct progeny or offspring. [Rare.] Though he had proper i ue of his own, He would no le bring up, and foster these, Than that self -blood. B. Jonson, Sejanus, iii. 1. 2. The shedding of one's own blood; suicide. [Rare.] Do you know What 'tis to die thus? how you strike the stars And all good things above? do you feel What follows a self - blood ? whither you venture, And to what punishment? Beau , and Fl . , Thierry and Theodoret, iv. 1.