Bloodstick

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A 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"

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"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"

Etymology

From blood + stick.

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