blain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blain
before 1000; Middle English blein ( e ), Old English blegene. See chilblain
Example Sentences
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The blain is more frequent in spring and summer than at other seasons of the year.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
"I guess you know it, Miss Lilly, that with all the honors we got by our daughter, we're still blain, respegtable beoble."
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
The primary seat of blain, is the cellular substance beneath the integument of the part.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
And no philosophic theory condescends to bring the Ideal, the Absolute, and the Unconditioned, into such close and intimate connection with the frog-spawn of the ditch and the blain upon the tortured skin.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.
For their sakes also puttest Pharaoh to pain By ten diverse plagues, as I shall here declare: By blood, frogs, and lice; by flies, death, blotches, and blain.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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