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Webster 1913 Edition

Bloodshot

Blood′shotˊ

,
Adj.
[
Blood
+
shot
, p. p. of
shoot
to variegate.]
Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
His eyes were
bloodshot
, . . . and his hair disheveled.
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bloodshot

BLOOD'SHOT

,
Adj.
[blood and shoot.] Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood vessels, as in diseases of the eye.

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bloodshot

bloodshot

English

Adjective

bloodshot ‎(comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

  1. (of the eyes) reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels
    She said she was perfectly fine but I could tell she was tired; her eyes were all bloodshot.

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