BLOOD-Spaven. See FARRIERY Index.
Spitting of BLOOD, or Hæmoptye. See MEDICINE Index.
Whole and Half BLOOD; a kinsman of the whole blood is he that is derived from the same couple of ancestors; whereas a person of half blood descends from either of them singly by a second marriage.
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, Domine, probasti me; or, Nihil hoc, triste, recepto: "Lord, thou hast proved me;" or, "Fortified by this, no evil can prevail."