1838 27 Feb. That cowardly blood spirit which has so long pervaded the House of Representatives, and..has, at last, been appeased in murder.
1861 T. P. Thompson III. cxliv. 128 Keeping down the blood-spirit unhappily inherent in all mankind.
1993 (Nexis) 5 June [D. H.] Lawrence was drawn to the blood-spirit of fascism.