'Blister' definitions:

Definition of 'blister'

From: WordNet
noun
A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
noun
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
noun
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb]
verb
Get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" [syn: blister, vesicate]
verb
Subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
verb
Cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

Definition of 'Blister'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Blister'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Blister'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'blister'

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Words containing 'Blister'