bewelteredadj.
/bɪˈwɛltəd/ Besmeared by weltering (in blood, etc.).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood
redOE
bloodyOE
drearyOE
weta1300
bloodedc1300
bleedingc1305
forbled1387
gory?a1500
cruent1524
purpled1561
brued1563
beweltered1565
bloodied1566
beblubbered1582
purple1590
bloodstained1594
ensanguined1628
blood-bedabbled1629
cruentous1648
cruentate1661
begored1683
sanguined1700
bluggy1876
1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 2v Beeweltred in his blood her louer shee espyde.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xi. 161 The beweltered broken harness-gear.
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