Vocabulary : Blood-shotten to Bloodwood
Blood-shotten : Bloodshot.Bloodstick : A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein.
Bloodstone : A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope. ;; Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."
Bloodstroke : Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
Bloodsucker : Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. ;; One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. ;; A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.