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bloodstain

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blood·stain  (bldstn)
n.
A stain caused by blood.
tr.v. blood·stained, blood·stain·ing, blood·stains
To stain with blood.
[V., back-formation from bloodstained.]
bloodstain [ˈblʌdˌsteɪn]
n
a dark discoloration caused by blood, esp dried blood
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bloodstain - a discoloration caused by blood
discoloration, discolouration, stain - a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
Translations
bloodstain [ˈblʌdsteɪn] N → mancha f de sangre
bloodstain [ˈblʌdsteɪn] n → tache f de sang
bloodstain [ˈblʌdˌsteɪn] n → macchia di sangue
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At the end of three-quarters of a league, within fifty paces of Festubert, a larger bloodstain appeared; the ground was trampled by horses.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The bloodstain was conclusive, in his opinion, on that point.
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One was an aged, dignified, stern-looking gentleman, clad as for a solemn festival in grave and costly attire, but with a great bloodstain on his richly wrought band; the second, an aged man, meanly dressed, with a dark and malign countenance, and a broken halter about his neck; the third, a person not so advanced in life as the former two, but beyond the middle age, wearing a coarse woollen tunic and leather breeches, and with a carpenter's rule sticking out of his side pocket.
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