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Blood-boltered

Blood-boltered \Blood"-bol`tered\, a. [Blood + Prov. E. bolter to mat in tufts. Cf. Balter.] Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.]

The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me.
--Shak.

Usage examples of "blood-boltered".

He made an eager grace of life and was arrested in mid-path by blood-boltered men whose name will live in infamy down the passage of the years.

Underneath, what remained of Edwin's blood-boltered clothing hung in tatters from where the doctor had cut things away.