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Definition of Blooding
1. a fox hunting ceremony [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blooding
Literary usage of Blooding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Light and Shade in War by Malcolm Ross, Noël Ross (1916)
"THE blooding OF THE BATTALION THEY were the first of a new brigade that had
recruited voluntarily in far-away New Zealand. In their own country they had ..."
2. The Science of Foxhunting and Management of the Kennel by Knightley William Horlock (1868)
"... to it—Giving views—blooding the entry—111 effects of lifting young hounds—More
haste, less speed—The meaning of the horn—Babbling and skirting. ..."
3. The Reminiscences of Frank Gillard (huntsman): With the Belvoir Hounds, 1860 by Cuthbert Bradley (1898)
"... Whip—Parson Bullen of Eastwell—Wet and good Sport—Interviewing the Duke in
his Bed—The Taste of a " Pug "—blooding a fat American Gentleman—A Jackal ..."
4. Publications by Spalding Club, Aberdeen, John Spalding (1852)
"... and afterwards he sawe Johne Richies nose blooding, bot did not know who gave
the blood. This he declared to be true as he should answer to God. ..."
5. The Miscellany of the Spalding Club by Spalding Club, Aberdeen, John Stuart (1852)
"... again and wrestled and fell to the ground the second tyme; and afterwards he
sawe Johne Richies nose blooding, bot did not know who gave the blood. ..."
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