ablood
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English ablode , variant of on blode , equivalent to a- + blood .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adverb
[edit ]ablood (comparative more ablood, superlative most ablood)
- (archaic ) With blood; covered in blood; bloodied
- 1835, Thomas Wade, The Un-charmed:
- My pierced life was all ablood with sorrow!
- 1905, Alexander Alexander, The Pirates' Hoard, page 18:
- "Ay, Master Pengorn: How, when we were all in despair at thy non-coming, and Master Pierce and John Cann going down before this French tor of flesh, will I forget the mighty shout that went up from Cornish throats when thou cast thyself all ablood from the foaming mare! [...]"
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