blain

[ bleyn ]

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nounPathology.

an inflammatory swelling or sore.

Origin of blain

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

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How to use blain in a sentence

Und you vos go owid on der blains und catch some counterfeiters, hey?
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
The ashes of the furnace became a small dust in all the land of Egypt, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.
Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease | John Grove
Besides these, there were the tokens (specially limited in meaning to livid spots on the skin), carbuncles and blains.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
Blains are a kind of diminutive carbuncle, but are not so hard, black, and fiery; sometimes there is a little core in them.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
After "all the cattle" were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.
A Few Words About the Devil | Charles Bradlaugh

British Dictionary definitions for blain

blain

/ (bleɪn) /

noun

a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin

Origin of blain

Old English blegen; related to Middle Low German bleine

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