sb. [An attrib. comb. of BLOOD and STAIN sb.; cf. blood-stained.] A stain or discoloring mark made by blood.
1838. Dickens, O. Twist (1850), 257/2. Whether it is a wine-stain, fruit-stain … or blood-stain.
1864. Derby Mercury, 14 Dec., 2/6. Species of plants and animals which put on the appearance of blood stains.
So Blood-stain, v. [A poetic formation, deduced from blood-stained.] To stain with blood.
1816. Byron, Siege Cor., xxii. Your fellows … in a fiery mass, Bloodstain the breach through which they pass.
