Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | blood - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" | |
3. | blood - the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" | |
4. | blood - temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" | |
5. | blood - a dissolute man in fashionable society | |
6. | blood - people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" | |
Verb | 1. | blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
BLOOD, kindred. This word, in the law sense, is used to signify
relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 1 Roper on
Leg. 103; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 365. In a more extended sense, it means
kindred generally. Bac. Max. Reg. 18.
2. Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, (q. v.) if
they have the same father and mother of the half blood, (q. v.) if they have
only one parent in common. 5 Whart. Rep. 477.