blain

[ bleyn ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. an inflammatory swelling or sore.

blain

/ bleɪn /

noun

1. a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin

Word History and Origins

Origin of blain¹

before 1000; Middle English blein ( e ), Old English blegene. See chilblain

Word History and Origins

Origin of blain¹

Old English blegen ; related to Middle Low German bleine

Example Sentences

The blain is a watery vesicle in the second joint of the wing.

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It alwish seemed to me to be a beeg fish story, but it ish all blain to my mint now.

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She got up at four one morning to sit with old Betty Blain, that her daughter might get a little rest.'

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Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.

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Sam Blain, we've come to make them foxes, you were telling of a Sunday, smell h-ll right straight away.

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Related Words

• abscess
• cyst
• pimple
• sore
• ulcer
• welt