(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:10:37

Blood"shot` (), a. [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate.]

Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.

His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

 

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