BLOOD Spavin. See FARRIERY, § xxxii. 2.
Spitting
Spitting of BLOOD, or Hæmoptie. See Index subjoined to MEDICINE.
BLOOD of Christ, the name of a military order instituted at Mantua in 1608. The number of knights was restricted to 20, besides the grand master. Their device was, Demine, prebasti me; or Nihil hoc, triste, recepto: "Lord, thou hast proved me;" or, "Fortified by this, no evil can prevail."