2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.

All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature.

Holland.

Blood"less, a. [AS. bl&?;dleás.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.

The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold.

Dryden.

2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude.

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