bloody

a. [ AS. blōdig. ] 1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [ Vulgar ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A terrible bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]