n. [ Blood + shed ] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Bloodshed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate. ] Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. [ 1913 Webster ]
His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]