Cruor

//ˈkɹuː.ə(ɹ)// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The colouring matter of the blood. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore. uncountable

    "The boy is pinched and bled, heated and cooled, sprinkled with powders, spread with salves and a gritty mucilage of peony seeds and cat’s cruor."

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"The boy is pinched and bled, heated and cooled, sprinkled with powders, spread with salves and a gritty mucilage of peony seeds and cat’s cruor."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cruor (“blood”). See crude.

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