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Webster 1913 Edition
Blister
Blis′ter
,Noun.
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 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
.Blis′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blistered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blistering
.] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
Let my tongue
blister
. Shakespeare
Blis′ter
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Blister
BLIS'TER
,Noun.
1.
A pustule; a thin bladder on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn, or other injury, or by a vesicatory. It is formed by raising the cuticle.2.
Any tumor 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 flies, or other matter, applied to raise a vesicle.BLIS'TER
,Verb.
T.
BLIS'TER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To raise tumors on iron bars in a furnace, in the process of converting iron into steel.