blain
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
Origin of blain
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How to use blain in a sentence
The blain is a watery vesicle in the second joint of the wing.
The Art and Practice of Hawking | Edward B. MichellIt alwish seemed to me to be a beeg fish story, but it ish all blain to my mint now.
Recitations for the Social Circle | James Clarence HarveyShe got up at four one morning to sit with old Betty blain, that her daughter might get a little rest.'
Heartsease | Charlotte M. YongeNevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.
Bill the Minder | W. Heath RobinsonSam blain, we've come to make them foxes, you were telling of a Sunday, smell h-ll right straight away.
Warwick Woodlands | Henry William Herbert (AKA Frank Forester)
British Dictionary definitions for blain
/ (bleɪn) /
a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
Origin of blain
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