a. [f. BLOOD sb. + LIKE.]

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  1.  Resembling blood.

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., VII. v. 184. Þe Mone all rede wes sene Blwd lyk.

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1855.  Browning, Serenade at Villa. Blood-like, some few drops of rain.

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  2.  Like one of good blood; like a blood (horse).

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1885.  Bell’s Life, 15 June, 1/3. A brown horse … with immense bone and muscular development, and fine blood-like style.

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