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Oxblood

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a dark brownish-red colour.

    "He was tall and lean, with lank fair hair and a square jaw, togged out in tweeds and a checked shirt and scuffed, oxblood brogues."

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark brownish-red colour. uncountable
  2. 2
    The blood of an ox. uncountable

    "[…] we can change clothes, and with the aid of a bottle of oxblood, which is secreted about my person, we will deceive the tyrant, and spare a nobleman who does honour to Japan."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ox + blood.

Etymology 2

From ox + blood.

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