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let blood

verb

Definitions

  1. To extract blood from (a person, part of the body etc.).

    • Is the foole sicke […] Alacke, let it blood.
    • The Swiss […] let him blood immediately, without hesitation, being always provided with a case of lancets, against all accidents on the road.

  2. To bleed someone

    To bleed someone; to extract blood from a person, part of the body etc. for supposed therapeutic purposes, especially by phlebotomy.

  3. To make (someone or something) bleed, in a general sense

    To make (someone or something) bleed, in a general sense; to cut; to kill.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA