bloody-red

Such flowers as are possessed of keen energy, as are painful to the touch, as grow on trees and plants having thorns, and as are either bloody-red or black, should be offered to

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

'One fourteen-hand dapple-grey rocking-horse, with pure green rockers and detachable tail, pair gashly glass eyes, complete set' orrible grinnin 'teeth, and two bloody-red nostrils which, protruding from the brown papers, produced the _tout ensemble_ of a Ju-ju sacrifice in the

A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

In the throat of a feculent pit is the beard of a bloody-red sedge;

The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Henry Kendall 1860

Their plumage is purple and azure, crimson and white, black and gold; with bills of every tint: — bright bloody-red, jet black, and ivory white; and their eyes are bright and sparkling; they go sailing through the air in starry throngs; but alas! the spell of dumbness is upon them all — there is not a single warbler in the valley!

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life 1846

Thus it was that Lazarus sat at the festive table among his friends and relatives -- his face the face of a corpse over which, for three days, death had reigned in darkness, his garments gorgeous and festive, glittering with gold, bloody-red and purple; his mien heavy and silent.

Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

I thought a bloody-red cocktail would be the perfect refreshment for viewing a "Zombieland," as I am not the Twinkie fan level to the character Woody Harrelson plays in the movie.

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