blooding

English

Etymology 1

From blood +‎ -ing.

Verb

blooding

1. present participle and gerund of blood

Etymology 2

From Middle English blodyng, equivalent to blood +‎ -ing.

Noun

blooding (plural bloodings)

1. (medicine, historical) A bleeding.
   • 1832, The Edinburgh Review, page 470:

     Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health […]

Anagrams

• boodling