Blackish blue quality; lividness; also, a wound of that colour made by a blow: see also blaeness, n.

The quality or condition of being livid; black and blue, bluish-grey, or purplish discoloration of the skin; livor. Also: an instance of this.

Medicine and Pathology. Originally: †a bruise or other black and blue mark on the skin (obsolete). In later use: black and blue, bluish-grey, or…

The discoloration of the skin characteristic of bruising, severe cold, etc.; (as a count noun) a discoloration of this type.

= lividity, n.