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Definition of Blistir

Blis"ter (&?;), n. [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.] 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A small bubble on the skin, that contains watery fluid and is caused by burnning, pressure or infection.
  • A swelling on a plant.
  • A bubble, as on a painted surface.
  • To cause blisters to form.
  • To criticise severely.
  • To break out in blisters.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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