See Sanguinaria.The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of.shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.Bloodshed.Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the.vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or

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  1. 1. A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
  2. 2. The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
  3. 3. One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
  4. 4. Bloodshed.
  5. 5. Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
  6. 6. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
  7. 7. One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.
  8. 8. To mention by name; to name.
  9. 9. The denomination, or name.
  10. 10. A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.