Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A spot or trace of blood.

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Examples

  • Monster Snuggies are machine washable, flameproof, and blood-stain resistant!

    Roy Rivenburg: Snuggies for Monsters 2009

  • Wherever it was, there is a blood-stain in the pavement which our Granadan guide failed to show us, possibly from a patriotic pique that there are no blood-stains in the Alhambra with personal associations.

    Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

  • Turning round, on the other side of the terrace, under a caper-bush that hung like a blood-stain from the grey wall above her, stood a little grey woman whose fingers were busy.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

  • When he reached the first partition, he saw a blood-stain on the ground.

    The War of the Crowns Christian Jacq 2002

  • - The blood-stain on Kirk's uniform (from Scotty's dying relative) changes size & position.

    The Movie Goofs List Version 2.0 by Murray Chapman 1991

  • For the rest, she wore a peasant shirt now, and the ragged knee-breeches, complete with blood-stain.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • For the rest, she wore a peasant shirt now, and the ragged knee-breeches, complete with blood-stain.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • As he held the waxen print close to the blood-stain, it did not take a magnifying glass to see that the two were undoubtedly from the same thumb.

    The Adventure of the Norwood Builder 1981

  • Should the blood-stain on the metal be long exposed to the air, rust may be mixed with the blood, when the test will fail.

    Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

  • Next morning we found the ridge vacant, with only heaps of empty cartridge cans and an occasional blood-stain on the rocks to show where our enemy had lain.

    With Rimington L. March Phillipps

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