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'Sblood Obs. exc. arch.|zblʌd|
Also 6 zbloud, 'sblud, 7 s'bloud, slud, slood, 8 (affected) s'blead.
A euphemistic shortening of God's blood (see god n. 14), used as an oath or asseveration.
1598Shakes. 1 Hen. IV (Qo. 1) i. ii. 82 Zbloud I am as melancholy as a gyb Cat. 1599― Hen. V (Fol. 1) iv. viii. 10 'Sblud. 1604― Ham. (Qo. 2) ii. ii. 384 S'bloud. 1606Chapman Gentl. Usher i. i, Slud Aunt, what if my dreame had beene true. Ibid. ii. i, Slood me thinks a man Should not of meere necessitie be an Asse. 1606Sir G. Goosecappe v. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1884) III. 89 Sblood what is learning? An artificiall cobwebbe to catch flies. 1705Vanbrugh Country House ii. iv, A parcel of Fellows swear they'll have our Venison, and s'blead I swear they shall have none on't. 1737Fielding Hist. Reg. i. i, 'Sblood, Sir, would it be in the Character of a Politician to make him a Conjurer? 1737R. Drury Rival Milliners ii. xii, S'blud and Thunder, Give me the Settlement again. 1848G. H. Boker Calaynos v. ii. Poems (1857) I. 102 'Sblood! but they'd make you caper! |