blain

[ bleyn ]

/ bleɪn /

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noun Pathology.

an inflammatory swelling or sore.

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Origin of blain

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

Words nearby blain

Blagonravov, Blagoveshchensk, blague, blah, blah-blah-blah, blain, Blaine, Blainville, Blair, Blairite, Blair's babes

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How to use blain in a sentence

The blain is a watery vesicle in the second joint of the wing.
The Art and Practice of Hawking|Edward B. Michell
It alwish seemed to me to be a beeg fish story, but it ish all blain to my mint now.
Recitations for the Social Circle|James Clarence Harvey
She got up at four one morning to sit with old Betty Blain, that her daughter might get a little rest.'
Heartsease|Charlotte M. Yonge
Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.
Bill the Minder|W. Heath Robinson

Sam Blain, we've come to make them foxes, you were telling of a Sunday, smell h-ll right straight away.
Warwick Woodlands|Henry William Herbert (AKA Frank Forester)

British Dictionary definitions for blain

blain

/ (bleɪn) /

noun

a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin

Word Origin for blain

Old English blegen; related to Middle Low German bleine

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