- blister-plaster
- blisˈter-plaster nounA plaster made of Spanish flies, used to raise a blister• • •Main Entry: ↑blister
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Blister plaster — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blister plaster — /ˈblɪstə ˌplastə/ (say blistuh .plahstuh) noun Medicine a plaster (often bearing blister beetles) applied to the skin to raise blisters …
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blister beetle — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blister fly — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blister steel — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blister — I. /ˈblɪstə / (say blistuh) noun 1. a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury. 2. any similar swelling, as an air bubble in a casting or a paint blister. 3. → blister pearl. 4. (formerly) a… …
Blood blister — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plaster — 1. A solid preparation that can be spread when heated and that becomes adhesive at the temperature of the body; used to keep the edges of a wound in apposition, to protect raw surfaces, and, when medicated, to redden or blister the skin, as in… … Medical dictionary
blister — I. n. 1. Vesicle, pustule, blain, bleb, blob. 2. Puffy film, bleb, blob, air bubble. 3. Vesicatory, vesicant, blistering plaster, sinapism. II. v. a. Raise blisters on, vesicate. III. v. n. Rise in blisters, form vesicles or blebs … New dictionary of synonyms
