A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation.
A similar swelling on a plant.
A raised bubble, as on a painted or laminated surface.
A rounded, bulging, usually transparent structure, such as one used for observation on certain aircraft or for display and protection of packaged products.
A raised bubble, as on a painted or laminated surface.
A rounded, bulging, usually transparent structure, such as one used for observation on certain aircraft or for display and protection of packaged products.
v.
blis·tered, blis·ter·ing, blis·ters
v.
tr.
To cause a blister to form on.
To reprove harshly.
v.
intr.
To break out in or as if in blisters.
[Middle English, probably from Old French blestre, of Germanic origin.]
c.1300, from O.Fr. blestre, perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. blastr "a blowing," dat. blæstri "swelling"), or from M.Du. blyster "swelling," from the root of blast (q.v.). The verb meaning "to raise blisters on" is from 1496.
a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
2.
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
3.
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
verb
1.
get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
2.
subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
3.
cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
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 (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.
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.
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.
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