Blood

BLOOD

-noun

1. a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins, supplies tissues with nutrients, oxygen, etc, and removes waste products. It consists of a fluid (see blood plasma) containing cells (erythrocytes, leucocytes, and platelets)

2. a similar fluid in such invertebrates as annelids and arthropods

3. bloodshed, especially when resulting in murder

4. the guilt or responsibility for killing or injuring

5. life itself; lifeblood

6. relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship

7. ethnic or national descent

8. temperament; disposition; temper

9. good or pure breeding; pedigree

10. people viewed as members of a group, especially as an invigorating force

11. (mainly British)(rare) . a dashing young man; dandy; rake

12. the sensual or carnal nature of man

13. (obsolete) one of the four bodily humours

-verb (trans.)

14. (hunting) . to cause (young hounds) to taste the blood of a freshly killed quarry and so become keen to hunt

15. (hunting) . to smear the cheeks or forehead of (a person) with the blood of the kill as an initiation in hunting

16. to initiate (a person) to an activity or organization, especially by real-life experience

Off-winter hour, a lonely fence

Something went wrong with

The ones who stopped and stared

There was a sound of blood and panic

The dreaded calm of mortal species.