bloodstick

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noun

A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounbloodstick (plural bloodsticks)

plural bloodsticks

  1. farrieryA piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.

    1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

Origin

From blood + stick.

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APA

bloodstick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstick

MLA

“bloodstick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bloodstick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstick.

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