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ensanguined, ppl. a.|ɛnˈsæŋgwɪnd|
[f. ensanguine v. + -ed1.]
1. Blood-stained, bloody.
1667Milton P.L. xi. 654 Now scatterd lies With Carcasses and Arms th' ensanguind Field. 1726Thomson Winter 828 He lays them [the deer] quivering on the ensanguined snows. 1803Ann. Reg. 706 The ferocity of an ensanguined rabble. 1816Byron Parisina xvii, The dust, which each deep vein Slaked with its ensanguined rain. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxix. 216 His eye was caught by the ensanguined object upon the rock.
b. fig.
1806Naval Mag. XV. 243 The ensanguined fury with which it was fought. 1829K. Digby Broadst. Hon. I. Godefridus 128 The most ensanguined pages of profane history. 1886Pall Mall G. 18 June 10/2 The turbulent and ensanguined history of Ireland.
2. transf. Dyed or stained blood-colour; crimson.
1784Cowper Task iv. 217 Ensanguin'd hearts, clubs typical of strife. 1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Drury's Dirge ix, Jealousy's ensanguin'd chalice, Mantling pours the orient wave. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg., Metempsychosis 132 Liquid of the same ensanguined hue. |