Designating blood (chiefly poetic). Cf. red-blooded, adj.
Chiefly poetic. Of the colour of blood; bloody, bloodstained (literal and figurative).
Of the blood: Bright red (i.e. arterial).
Zoology. Having blood containing red blood cells or haemoglobin.
Of or pertaining to lake; of the colour of lake; spec. of the blood, when the red corpuscles are acted upon by some solvent.