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temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" a dissolute man in fashionable society the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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