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BLISTER
blister, bulla, bleb
(noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
blister
(noun) (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
blister
(noun) a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
blister, vesicate
(verb) get blistered; “Her feet blistered during the long hike”
blister
(verb) cause blisters to form on; “the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet”
blister, scald, whip
(verb) subject to harsh criticism; “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”; “the professor scaled the students”; “your invectives scorched the community”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blister (plural blisters)
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
A swelling on a plant.
(medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
A bubble, as on a painted surface.
(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
a cause of annoyance
Synonyms
• bleb
Verb
blister (third-person singular simple present blisters, present participle blistering, simple past and past participle blistered)
(transitive) To raise blisters on.
(intransitive) To have a blister form.
(transitive) To criticise severely.
(intransitive) To break out in blisters.
Synonyms
• vesicate
Anagrams
• Bitlers, Bristle, Liberts, bristle, reblits, riblets
Source: Wiktionary
Blis"ter, n. Etym: [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. 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. Grainger.
2. 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.
3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Dunglison. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (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.
Blis"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering.]
Definition: To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. Let my tongue blister. Shak.
Blis"ter, v. t.
1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. My hands were blistered. Franklin.
2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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