Definitions

blain

[bleyn] / bleɪn /

NOUN

blister

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess cyst pimple sore ulcer welt

STRONG

bleb boil bubble bulla burn canker carbuncle furuncle pustule sac vesication vesicle wale weal wheal

NOUN

boil

Synonyms

STRONG

abscess blister carbuncle excrescence furuncle pimple pustule sore tumor ulcer

Example Sentences

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After “all the cattle” were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.

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Our commentator attempts to account for the sixth plague of boils and blains with equal ingenuity.

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After "all the cattle" were dead, a boil was sent, breaking forth with blains upon man and beast.

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Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.

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