01 a. Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.
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Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.“There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.” — Bacon.
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Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.
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Pallid; ashen; -- of the skin.