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blain

[ bleyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

blain

/ bleɪn /

Origin of blain¹

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

Origin of blain¹

Old English blegen ; related to Middle Low German bleine

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

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

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

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

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

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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