Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tattoo-mark or other mark by which members of a consanguineous group are recognized.

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Examples

  • Some fingered the blood-sign on my breast, and pointed and called to others.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • Canada's part in the Great War may be the blood-sign above the lintel of her new nationality.

    The Canadian Commonwealth 1903

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