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blain

American  
[bleyn] / bleɪn /

noun

Pathology.

  1. an inflammatory swelling or sore.

blain British  
/ bleɪn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of blain

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

Example Sentences

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After “all the cattle” were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.

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Our commentator attempts to account for the sixth plague of boils and blains with equal ingenuity.

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After "all the cattle" were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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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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