Blister
Blis·ter
Blister
n.
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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.
And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Blister beetle
- a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria ([or] Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.
- Blister fly
- a blister beetle.
- Blister plaster
- a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.
- Blister steel
- crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.
- Blood blister
- See under Blood.
Blister
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering
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To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
Let my tongue blister.
Blister
v. t.
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To raise a blister or blisters upon.
My hands were blistered.
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To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.