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Blister

noun

1.

A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint).

2.

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin.

3.

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. Synonyms: bleb, bulla.

verb

(past & past part. blistered; pres. part. blistering)

1.

Get blistered. Synonym: vesicate.

2.

Subject to harsh criticism. Synonyms: scald, whip. "The professor scaled the students" , "Your invectives scorched the community"

3.

Cause blisters to form on.

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"Blister" Quotes from Famous Books

... blister-like, serous vesicles—phlyctaena—appear, and the inflammation terminates in gangrene; or when there is such an infiltration of serum as to produce an [oe]dematous condition, place P. P., long cord, upon some convenient healthy part, (the spinal cord, or other nerve centre which gives nervous ...

— A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication • Daniel Clark

... sight to see the sick and dead brought in on both sides! Men on crutches, and Sir William Gordon from his bed, with a blister on his head, and flannel hanging out from under his wig. I could scarce pity him for his ingratitude. The day before the Westminster petition, Sir Charles Wager gave his son a ship, and the next day the father came down and voted ...

— Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume I • Horace Walpole

... her lips spoke of pride both of birth and position. She often said to herself, "I am thankful that I don't belong to the common folk; it would grate on my nerves to witness their vulgarities,—their bad taste would torture me; their want of refinement would act upon my nature like a blister. But I am not proud, I uphold my dignity, I respect myself and my family, but with sinful, unholy pride I ...

— The Honorable Miss - A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town • L. T. Meade

... in the flaws of her own youth, Hath blister'd her report] Who doth not see that the integrity of the metaphor requires we should read, —flames of her own ...

— Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies • Samuel Johnson

... it, and giving it medicine; she then put it carefully to bed, and placed a bottle of hot water to its feet, laughing all the time most heartily. When I came home, she insisted upon my going to see it, and feel its pulse; and when I told her to put a blister on its back, she seemed to enjoy it amazingly, and almost ...

— American Notes for General Circulation • Charles Dickens

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