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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unblooding, pres. p. or ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. unbleeding (a1619); Blude v. 2.] In fig. context: Without bleeding. —a1651 Calderwood IV 666.
What heart tuiched with anie sparke of naturall humanitie … can, unblooding, behold the miserable estat of the poore
