ablood
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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