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Blister

BLIS'TER, n.
1. A pustule; a thin bladder on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn, or other injury, or by a vesicatory. It is formed by raising the cuticle.
2. Any tumor 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.
3. A vesicatory; a plaster of flies, or other matter, applied to raise a vesicle.
BLIS'TER, v.t. To rise in blisters.
BLIS'TER, v.t. To raise a blister, by any hurt, burn or violent action upon the skin; to raise a blister by a medical application, or vesicatory.
1. To raise tumors on iron bars in a furnace, in the process of converting iron into steel.

 

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