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Webster 1913 Edition

Sanguinary

San′gui-na-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
sanguinarius
, fr.
sanguis
blood: cf. F.
sanguinaire
.]
1.
Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous;
as, a
sanguinary
war, contest, or battle
.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by
sanguinary
persecutions to force consciences.
Bacon.
2.
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion . . . makes us brutal and
sanguinary
.
Broome.
Syn. – Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.

San′gui-na-ry

,
Noun.
[L.
herba sanguinaria
an herb that stanches blood: cf. F.
sanguinaire
. See
Sanguinary
,
Adj.
]
(Bot.)
(a)
The yarrow.
(b)
The Sanguinaria.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sanguinary

SAN'GUINARY

,
Adj.
[L. sanguinarius, from sanguis, blood.]
1.
Bloody; attended with much bloodshed; murderous; as a sanguinary war, contest or battle.
2.
Blood thirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion - makes us brutal and sanguinary.

SAN'GUINARY

,
Noun.
A plant.

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