blain
Example Sentences
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The primary seat of blain, is the cellular substance beneath the integument of the part.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Thorn and snow, blain and ache and bruise, were gone.
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare
In addition to these, blain, "to become white," is a Scand. loan-word, but rather from Dan. blegne than Norse blæikna, cp. blake above.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
The blain is more frequent in spring and summer than at other seasons of the year.
From The Dog by William Youatt
That is a lie, because I sboke as blain as anythin'.
From The Valley of the Kings by Marmaduke William Pickthall
