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▪ I. chilblain|ˈtʃɪlbleɪn|
Forms: 6 chyll blayne, chilblaine, 6–7 chilblane, (7 child-blane, -blain), 8 chill-, 7– chilblain.
[f. chill + blain.]
An inflammatory swelling produced by exposure to cold, affecting the hands and feet, accompanied with heat and itching, and in severe cases leading to ulceration.
1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Perfigedd, chyll blayne. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 357 Wash chil⁓blanes when they breacke with good warme wine. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 80 Child-blanes are an inflammation of the Feet by the Winter cold. 1676D'Urfey Mad. Fickle i. i. (1677) 4 For fear of catching Chil-blanes. 1807–26S. Cooper First Lines Surg. (ed. 5) 91 If a limb, that is..excessively cold, be suddenly warmed, chilblains..are the result. 1826Scott Diary 26 Mar., I catch chilblains on my fingers and cold in my head.
▪ II. ˈchilblain, v. trans.
[f. prec. n.]
To affect with chilblains.
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