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blood-stain, n.|ˈblʌdsteɪn|
[An attrib. comb. of blood and stain n.; cf. blood-stained.]
A stain or discolouring mark made by blood.
1820Shelley Prometheus Unbound, etc. 194 Hide the blood-stains now. 1838Dickens O. Twist (1850) 257/2 Whether it is a wine-stain, fruit-stain..or blood-stain. 1864Derby Mercury 14 Dec., Species of plants and animals which put on the appearance of blood stains.
So blood-stain, v. [A poetic formation, deduced from blood-stained.] To stain with blood.
1816Byron Siege Cor. xxii, Your fellows..in a fiery mass, Bloodstain the breach through which they pass. |