Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of blisters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of blisters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
blisters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with small blisters
- adjective hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
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Examples
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A "blistery" bottom that is a cod ground the year around, the best of the fishing occurring in the spring months.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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It is a "blistery" ground, the presence of these growths on a rocky or gravelly bottom usually meaning good fishing.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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The bottom consists of ridges of rocks -- a "blistery" bottom (abundance of "sea pears", "sea squirts", and other marine growths of a similar nature).
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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So this year, consider creating an interior file in your soul called Pajama Day, and when things get crazed, out of nowhere, declare a blustery March Saturday Pajama Day, or a blistery August Sunday Pajama Day or any blessed day you feel like stopping and hanging out in your own holy wholeness.
Dr. Susan Corso: Pajama Days: Holiness For The Rest Of The Year Dr. Susan Corso 2011
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So this year, consider creating an interior file in your soul called Pajama Day, and when things get crazed, out of nowhere, declare a blustery March Saturday Pajama Day, or a blistery August Sunday Pajama Day or any blessed day you feel like stopping and hanging out in your own holy wholeness.
Dr. Susan Corso: Pajama Days: Holiness For The Rest Of The Year Dr. Susan Corso 2011
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Stuffed with potato-starch vermicelli, minced tofu, carrots and onions, they're fried a blistery gold-brown and served with spicy soy.
Kimchi and Calamari 2011
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Seaman says before long he started breaking out in blistery red hives on his hands and feet.
Rocky Kistner: As Dolphins Die, Gulf Residents Ask What About Us? Rocky Kistner 2011
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Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and characterized by a painful blistery rash that erupts along the nerves.
Getting Closer to the Root of What Causes Baldness Ann Lukits 2011
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Mr. Bellantonio, who normally takes public transportation to commute to New York from central New Jersey, said he drove into the city amid the blistery weather because all public transportation from his area had been canceled.
Snow Makes Light Work of Stocks Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2010
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I am in their way most of the time in my blistery loafers and my
after the kiss Terra Elan McVoy 2010
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