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English Dictionary: bloodlessness by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[?]dle[a0]s.]
      1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless
            cheeks; lifeless; dead.
  
                     The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden.
  
      2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a
            bloodless victory. --Froude.
  
      3. Without spirit or activity.
  
                     Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak.
            -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n.
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