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bloodstick

bloodstick noun: a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.

Noun

bloodstick (plural bloodsticks)

  1. A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
    • A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

Forms of bloodstick

pluralbloodsticks

Origin of bloodstick

From blood + stick.

Questions about bloodstick

What does bloodstick mean?
Bloodstick means a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
What part of speech is bloodstick?
Bloodstick is a noun.
What is the plural of bloodstick?
The plural of bloodstick is bloodsticks.

Words near bloodstick in the dictionary

  1. bloodstage
  2. bloodstain
  3. bloodstained
  4. bloodstaining
  5. bloodstains
  6. bloodstick
  7. bloodsticks
  8. bloodstock
  9. bloodstocks
  10. bloodstone
  11. bloodstones

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