Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pustule; a blotch; a blister.
- noun A bubble of water.
- noun In farriery, a bladder growing on the root of the tongue against the windpipe, and tending to cause suffocation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.
- noun (Far.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inflammatory swelling or sore
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The blain is a vesicular enlargement on the lateral and under part of the tongue in horses, oxen, and dogs, which, although not of unfrequent occurrence, or peculiarly fatal result, has not been sufficiently noticed by veterinary authors.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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I shouldn't have, but I did... blain what is votd ? hated the video by the way. sorry.
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Two generations back they still stood dark and empty; people avoided them as they passed by; the boldest schoolboy only shouted through the keyhole and made off; for within, it was supposed, the plague lay ambushed like a basilisk, ready to flow forth and spread blain and pustule through the city.
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'I shall speag to you,' said Darco, 'with an egsdreme blain-ness.
Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray
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It is often mistaken for blain, -- inflammation of the tongue, or black tongue, -- and usually occurs in the winter, or early in the spring.
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In consequence of the formation of tumors about the throat in cattle, from inflammation of the parotid gland, blain, etc., so characteristic of this species of animals, it sometimes becomes necessary to perform this operation in order to save their lives.
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"I guess you know it, Miss Lilly, that with all the honors we got by our daughter, we're still blain, respegtable beoble."
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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That is a lie, because I sboke as blain as anythin '.
The Valley of the Kings Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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By blood, frogs, and lice; by flies, death, botch and blain; [614]
"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Anonymous 1902
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Two generations back they still stood dark and empty; people avoided them as they passed by; the boldest schoolboy only shouted through the key-hole and made off; for within, it was supposed, the plague lay ambushed like a basilisk, ready to flow forth and spread blain and pustule through the city.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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