B L O 



B L O 



faiJ to have been preferved in t]>e cathedral church of is he that ,s derived from the fame pn,r of anceftor, • 



Mantua The number of knights was relhaincd to twenty, whereas a perfon of half blood defcends f^om either of them 



bd-.dcs the grand-mailer ; the office whereof was annexed to f.ngly, by^ a ^cond^marnage. Black.L Com. vol. 11. 



^" B^'onfin'^^rdenotes a diftemper in cattle's backs. ^' BLOODY c\\lT Sa.su!ne,.n Crhnen, \n Writer, of the 



which makes them in goina; draw their heads alicit, or after MidJle ami 



them : the cure is by ilittuig the length of two j..ints under blood or lite of the oitaider. 



MidiUe and Barbarous Age-, that which is pur.ilhed with the 



the tail, and thus letting the bcaft bleed plentifully. If he 

 bleed too much, the farriers knit his tail next the body, and 

 then bind fait and nettles bruifed on the part. 



Y^LQO-o-rumi-ng Itch, is a fpecies of itch in a horfe, pro- 

 ceeding from an'inlUmmation of the blood by ovtr-heating, 

 hard riding, or other fore labour ; which gating between 

 the ikin and flelh, makes the bead rub and bite Inmfelf ; 

 and, if lit alone, fomc times turns to a grievous mange, 

 highly infefti'>ns to all nigh him. 



Blood, _;■/"■/(/&/", in Syiiac acddama, was a field purchakd 

 by the Jews, with the thirty pieces of filver wliich had 



Bloody Flux, in Mid'iune. See Dysentery. 



Bloody Hand, in La-w, one of the four kinds of tref- 

 pafles in the king's forcU, by wliich the offender being taken 

 with his hands or other part bloody, is judged to have killed 

 the deer, though he be not found either hunting or chafing. 

 In Scotland, in fuch crimes, they fay, taken in the faft, or 

 with the red hand. See Backblrond. 



Vi\.oouY-h.il Cock. See Heeler. 



Bloody JJlniid, in Geography, an ifland in the harbour of 

 Port Mahon, in the itland of Minorca. 



Bloody Point, a cape on the fouth-weft coaft of the 



been given to Judas for betraying his mnller, and which he ifland of St. Chnllopher's. N. lat. 17= 24.'- W. long. 62 

 had rellored. It Hill ferves for~a burial-ground, in which 41' 



all pilgrims, who die in their pilgrimage at Jcrufalem, aj-e 

 interred. See Aceldama. 



BLO0D^>?(/iuir, in Botany. See H^manthus. 

 Blood-AouW. See Hound. 

 Blood-/?//«j^. See Bleeding. 



Yn-oov, precious, in Ecclefinjllcal Hijlory, a denomination 

 given to a reformed congregation of Bernardine nuns at 

 Pari?, firft eftabhihed under that name in 1661. 



Blood, Princes of the, in France, are thofe defcended 

 from the blood royal. 



Yf^Qo-a-flottcn, in Surgery, a dilfemper of the eye?, where- 

 in the blood-veffels are greatly diftended, fo as to make the 

 eyes appear red. See Ophthalmia. 

 li\.ooY>-fone. See Haematites. 



V>i.oa-o of fulpkur, fanguis fulphurls, is a preparation of 

 liver of fulphnr, ground with the oil of tartar per drllquium, 

 then digefled with <uilcified fpirit of nitre. It is reputed a 

 good pedloral and diuretic, but rarely prefcribed. 



BLOoo-'vffJs, in ylnaiomy, ufually include only the veins 



Bloody Bay, a bay on the north fide of the ifland of 

 Egmont, or New Guernfey. 



Y)hO0T>\ -Farland Point, a remarkable head-land on the 

 northern coalt of the county of Donegal, Ireland, nearly 

 oppofite to Tory ifland. N. lat. 55° 9' 30". W. long. 8" 11'. 

 M'Kenzie. Beaufort. 



Bloody Rains. See Rain. 



Bloody Sweat. Many inllances of this are recorded, in 

 which it h?.s been owing to bodily diforder, or extreme 

 mental agitation and agony. See particularly Arillotle's- 

 Hift. Aniiral. lib. iii. cap. 19. apud Oper. torn. ii. Thua- 

 nus Hill. Temp. &c. lib. ii. apud Opcr. torn. i. Melange* 

 d'HiRoire et de Literature, &c. par M. V. MarvlUe, torn, 

 iii. p. 149. Aifla Phyfico-Med. Norimbcrga:, vol. i. p. 84. 

 and vol. viii. p. 428. See Agony. 



Bloody Urlne,'\u l^Iediclne. SeeH.EMATURi A, andUaiNE. 



BLOOM, in the Iron IVorhs, a term ufed by the mi- 

 ners for a four-fquare mafs ot hamn;ercd iron, about two 

 feet long, and three quarters of a liundrcd weight, made 



. _ >iaiom_ . , , 



and arteries'^ though, in a larger feiife, all the vtlfels in the from part of a fow of call iron. Tlie bloom, however, is 

 body, as the n'.rves, lymphatics, &c. to the very hair, not yet become iron fit for the fmith's uie, but mull under- 

 way be comprehended under the denomination. See Ar- go many hammerings, and be iirll made what they call the 

 TERY, and Vein. ^n^wiji ; which fee. 



Btooofnale, See 5/oo^-Snake. Bloom, ia/f, a round mafs of metal, which comes out 



Blood-to//<;, in Ancient Law Writers, fignlfies blood, and of the finery of an iron-iuorl. See Blomary. 

 a cullomary amercement paid as a compofilion for the flied- Blooms, in Sea Language, hot burning winds, blowing 



ding or drawing of blood. 



'I'lie word is alfo written hlodwite, iloJivlta, blodtuyta, 

 Hoodivit, blod-wit, bloudiuit, and bluidiveit ; and is f irined 

 from the ancient Saxon hlml, blood, and vite, or luite, a 

 fine <.n penally. 



from t!ie land to the fea. 



BLOOMFIELD, in Ge-'graphy, a townfliip of America, 

 in Ontario county. New York. By the ftate ceiifus o£ 

 1726, 151 of the inhabitants were electors. 



BLOOMING Va-le, a trad of land, in the townfliip 



The word alfo denotes an exemption from this penalty, of Manlius, and ilate of New York, or Butternut cretk. 

 granted by the king to certain perlons and communities, BLOSSOM, in a gentral fenfe, denotes the flower of 

 as a fpecial favour. Thus, king Henry II. granted to all any plant. See Flower. In a more proper fenfe, the 

 tenants within the honour of Wallingford — " Ut quieti fint w<<rd is rcftrained to the flowers of trees, which they put 

 dc hidagio et blodwite ct brtdwite." forth in the fpring, as the forerunners of their fruit, other - 



Blood wooi/. See H^matoxylon. wife called tiieir Z/oaw. The office of the-blo(fom is partly 



BLOOD-iuor/, or Bloody Dock, in Botany. See Rumex. to proteft, and partly to draw nourifhnient to the embryo^ 



Blood, Corruption of, in Laiu. See Corruption of fruit, or feed. Phil. Tranf. N'^ 39y. p. 329. 

 Blood. Blossom, in Botany, denotes one of the parts of a 



Blood, inheritnble, denotes fuch a regular defcent as flower. See Corolla. 

 gives a perfon legal right to inherit the ellate of an anceilor. Blossom is alfo ufed, in the Manege, for the colour of a 

 tiie Attainder, Escheat, Inheritance, &c. horfe, which has l.«s hair white,, but intermixed all over 



Blood, Rejlitution in. See Corruption of Blood, and with forrtl and bay haus, called alfo /^^acA-i-o/ourw/. 

 Pardon. Horfes of this colour generally are hard and infenfiblc 



Blood, Royal, is applied to the regular defcendants of both in the mouth and the flank ; fo that they are little va- 

 the royal family. See Royal Family. iued ; befides they are apt to turn blind. 



Blqod, w/jole aud half ; a kinfinan of the whole blood Blossom, in refpeft of Iheep. See Blissom. 



b BLOT 



