资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bloodwite \Blood"wite`\, Bloodwit \Blood"wit`\, n. [AS.
   bl?w[=i]te; bl?d blood, + w[=i]te wite, fine.] (Anc. Law)
   A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding
   of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.