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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.Definition 2024
blister
blister
English
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.
- Grainger
- Painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
- Grainger
- A swelling on a plant.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.168:
- 'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well [...].
- 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
- blister card
- blister pack
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
bubble on the skin
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swelling on a plant
bubble on a painted surface
Verb
blister (third-person singular simple present blisters, present participle blistering, simple past and past participle blistered)
- To cause blisters to form.
- 2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0-7136-6408-9, page 248:
- An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.
-
- (transitive) To criticise severely.
- (intransitive) To break out in blisters.
Translations
cause blisters to form
criticise severely
Derived terms
Synonyms
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Likely from English blister (“blister; blister pack”).
Noun
blister m (plural blisters, diminutive blistertje n)
- blister
- blister pack