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.
Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
My hands were blistered. --Franklin.
2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. --Shak.
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.
And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger.
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.
3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
{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}.
The metal windguards are labeled "Bultima" and "Korea." The lighters were sold either loose or in a blister pack under the name Redi-Match.
Root rot and crown rot, army worms and cutworms, blister beetles and Japanese beetles, lace bugs, mealy bugs and spittle bugs: this is just a sampling of the ills that plants are heir to.
"We can move, engage the enemy and replenish our fuel if the enemy decides to use blister or nerve agents against us."
Paul picks at the blister on his middle finger.
He was quoted as saying that supplies of blister, or unrefined copper from which refined copper cathodes are made, are practically exhausted.
A weakness in the artery wall allows the pressure of the blood to force the artery to swell outward, like a blister.
Iraq is believed to have blister agents and nerve agents. Mustard gas, which Iraqi forces used on villagers during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, is a blister agent that kills by chemically burning the skin and lungs and causing blisters to arise.
Iraq is believed to have blister agents and nerve agents. Mustard gas, which Iraqi forces used on villagers during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, is a blister agent that kills by chemically burning the skin and lungs and causing blisters to arise.