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blain

[ bleyn ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. an inflammatory swelling or sore.


blain

/ ²ú±ô±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blain1

before 1000; Middle English blein ( e ), Old English blegene. See chilblain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blain1

Old English blegen ; related to Middle Low German bleine
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After “all the cattle†were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss.

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Our commentator attempts to account for the sixth plague of boils and blains with equal ingenuity.

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After "all the cattle" were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.

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