| Blister (blister) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Blis"ter |
| [OE.; akin to OD.
bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder,
blow. See Blow to eject wind.] |
A
vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned
by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid
causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
Any elevation made by the separation of the film
or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface,
as on steel.
A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or
other matter, applied to raise a blister.
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| Blister (blister) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Blis"ter |
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To be affected with a blister or blisters] to have
a blister form on.
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| Blister (blister) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Blis"ter |
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To
raise a blister or blisters upon.
To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a
blister.
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