Blood"thirst`y (&?;), a. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness (&?;), n.
Blood"ulf (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The European bullfinch.
Blood" ves`sel (&?;). (Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
{ Blood"wite` (&?;), Blood"wit` (&?;), } n. [AS. bl&?;wte; bl&?;d blood, + wte wite, fine.] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.
Blood"wood (&?;), n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree (Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as Gordonia Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum).
Blood"wort` (&?;), n. (Bot.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.
Blood"y (&?;), a. [AS. bldig.] 1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.