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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blood \Blood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blooding.] 1. To bleed. [Obs.] --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To stain, smear or wet, with blood. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. [1913 Webster] It was most important too that his troops should be blooded. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. To heat the blood of; to exasperate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much blooded one against another. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]