Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering.]

To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [1913 Webster]

Let my tongue blister. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.

1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. [1913 Webster]

My hands were blistered. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. [1913 Webster]

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]

1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. [1913 Webster]

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger. [1913 Webster]

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. [1913 Webster]

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.

Blister fly, a blister beetle.

Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.

Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.

Blood blister. See under Blood. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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blister

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.

1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.

My hands were blistered. --Franklin.

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]

1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger.

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.

Blister fly, a blister beetle.

Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.

Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.

Blood blister. See under Blood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering.]

To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

Let my tongue blister. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)