ppl. a. [f. ENSANGUINE v. + -ED1.]

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  1.  Blood-stained, bloody.

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1667.  Milton, P. L., XI. 654. Now scatterd lies With Carcasses and Arms th’ ensanguind Field.

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1726.  Thomson, Winter, 828. He lays them [the deer] quivering on the ensanguined snows.

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1803.  Ann. Reg., 706. The ferocity of an ensanguined rabble.

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1816.  Byron, Parisina, xvii. The dust, which each deep vein Slaked with its ensanguined rain.

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1851.  Mayne Reid, Scalp Hunt., xxix. 216. His eye was caught by the ensanguined object upon the rock.

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1806.  Naval Mag., XV. 243. The ensanguined fury with which it was fought.

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1829.  K. Digby, Broadst. Hon., I. Godefridus, 128. The most ensanguined pages of profane history.

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1886.  J. Cowen, in Pall Mall Gaz., 18 June, 10/2. The turbulent and ensanguined history of Ireland.

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  2.  transf. Dyed or stained blood-color; crimson.

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1784.  Cowper, Task, IV. 217. Ensanguin’d hearts, clubs typical of strife.

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1812.  H. & J. Smith, Rej. Addr., Drury’s Dirge, ix. Jealousy’s ensanguin’d chalice, Mantling pours the orient wave.

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a. 1845.  Barham, Ingol. Leg., Metempsychosis, 132. Liquid of the same ensanguined hue.

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