bloodstick
bloodstick · bloodsticks
A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the veinA piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
Meaning
1 sensesA piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein
Origin
From blood + stick.From blood + stick.
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Forms
plural: bloodsticks| Singular | bloodstick |
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