Easton's Bible Dictionary Bloody sweat: The sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44). Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat. 2. (a.) Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief. 3. (a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. 4. (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle. 5. (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. 6. (v. t.) To stain with blood.
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