Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BLOOD-Y-SCEP'TER-ED
BLOOD-Y-SCEP'TER-ED, a.
Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter. – Shak. BLOOD'Y-SWEAT, n. [blood and sweat.] A sweat, accompanied by a discharge of blood; also, a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other countries.
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