imbrued, ppl. a.
(ɪmˈbruːd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter: see prec.
| c 1430 Stans puer 38 in Babees Bk. 29 With mouþ enbrowide þi cuppe þou not take. a 1600 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. v. §8 He hath not the body of our Lord in his foul imbrued hands. a 1628 F. Grevil Mustapha i. i. Wks. (1633) 82 Persia, our old imbrued enemy. 1647 W. Browne tr. Gomberv. Polex. ii. iv. 119 The most imbrued and greatest murtherers amongst the Arabians. |
b. Her. Stained with blood.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iv. xiv. (1679) 251 He beareth Sable a Cheveron between 3 Spears heads, Argent, their points embrued, proper, by the name of Morgan. 1787 Porny Elem. Herald. Gloss., Imbrued, is said of Spears heads spotted with blood. 1863 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. 244 A dexter hand..holding erect a dagger, imbrued, all ppr. |