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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.
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Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.
1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
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My hands were blistered. --Franklin.
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2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
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This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.
--Shak.
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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.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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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.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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{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}.
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