Bible Dictionaries
Bloody

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Infamous; contemptible; - variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

(2):

(a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.

(3):

(a.) Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

(4):

(a.) Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

(5):

(a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.

(6):

(v. t.) To stain with blood.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bloody'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bloody.html. 1828.