blooding: Meaning and Definition of

blood•ing

Pronunciation: (blud'ing), [key]
— n. Chiefly Brit.
  1. (in fox hunting) an informal initiation ceremony in which the face of a novice is smeared with the blood of the first fox that person has seen killed.
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