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Blister   /blˈɪstər/   Listen
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



... mixing them in different ways. No success rewarded him while he employed only domestic utensils. Occasionally, it is true, he produced a small piece of perfectly vulcanized India-rubber; but upon subjecting other pieces to precisely the same process, they would blister or char. ...
— Famous Americans of Recent Times • James Parton
... escaping from fissures in the soil. It was impossible to look at this handsome tree without some respect for its powers of evil, though I doubt if it be more poisonous than the West Indian manchineel. This latter insignificant tree is so virulently toxic that rain-drops from its leaves will raise a blister on the skin. ...
— Here, There And Everywhere • Lord Frederic Hamilton
... a busted heat-blister on a big piecrust," commented Buck Bellew, whose jauntiness had wilted. His red sash was of a piece now with the rest of his garments-a ...
— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham
... and stayed where the wind and the sun could strike me, because I wanted to get the bronzed and weather-beaten look of an old traveler. Before the second day was half gone I experienced a joy which filled me with the purest gratitude; for I saw that the skin had begun to blister and peel off my face and neck. I wished that the boys and girls at home ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... a swelling of the throat it should be blistered with Pratts Liniment, or Pratts Spavin Paste—A Blister. Use Pratts Heave, Cough and Cold ...
— Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry • Pratt Food Co.


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