San"gui*na*ry (?), a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F.sanguinaire.]
1.
Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Bacon.
2.
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
Broome.
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San"gui*na*ry, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.] Bot. (a)
The yarrow.
(b)
The Sanguinaria.
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