Bloodless

Without blood; destitute of life. "He cheered my sorrows, and, for sums of gold, The bloodle carca cf my Hector sold." - Dryden. -Without slaughter or effusion of blood; as, a bloodle encounter. Bloodle ly, adv . Without bloodshed. Blood'let, v. a. To bleed; to open a vein; as, "experi- ments in bloodletting ." - Arbuthnot . Blood'letter, n . A phlebotomist; one whose voca- tion is to let blood in cases of disease. Blood'letting, n. ( Med .) Venesection; the act of bleeding. Blood'-marked, a . Marked or stained with blood. Blood of St. Januarius, n. ( Eccl . Hist .) See JANUARIUS, (ST.) Blood'-heat, n. A degree of heat equal to that of Blood'rain, n. A vegetable growth, which sometimes human blood, which is about 98° Fahr.