blistern.¹

Brit.

/ˈblɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈblɪstər/

Forms: Also Middle English blester, 1500s bluster, blyster.

Etymology: Middle English blester, blister, perhaps < Old French blestre (‘tumeur, bouton,’ Godefroy), also blostre: the double form may be explained as an adoption of Old Norse blástr, dative blǽstri ‘swelling,’ also ‘a blast, blowing,’ < blása to blow (whence also modern Swedish blåsa, German blase, blister). The 16th cent. variant bluster suggests the Middle Dutch or Flemish bluyster (Kilian), which points to earlier *blûstra, from same root (compare Old Norse blístra to whistle). An Old English blǽster, bléster or blýster, cognate with the Old Norse or Dutch, might have been expected, but is not found.

1. A thin vesicle on the skin, containing serum, caused by friction, a burn, or other injury, or the action of a vesicatory.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > blister

bladderc1000

blistera1400

blurec1440

blurrea1529

water wheal1530

vesication1543

phlycten1585

psydracium1585

water bladder1587

bleb1607

phlyzacium1693

bullule1707

vesicle1799

pompholyx1808

water blister1821

blab1861

bulla1877

papulovesicle1877

vesicula1877

dermoid1897

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6011 Bile and blester [Vesp. blister] bolnand sare.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxvii There is a blyster rysen vnder the tonge.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 22^v Good..agaynst blusters or reed pustuls.

1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 367^v/2 For blisters of the sonne brenning, Very good..ointments.

1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iii. i. 36 This hand would rise in Blisters should'st thou touch it.

1815 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 7) II. i. xxi. 278 Acetic acid, thus prepared..raises a blister when applied to the skin.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 88 Your wet ropes And clumsy oars..give blisters first And then a horny hand.

a. A similar swelling, containing fluid or (more usually) air, on the surface of a plant, on metal after cooling, a painted surface, and the like.

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > formation of blisters > blister

blister1597

boil1841

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1296 Wherupon there neuer grow..blisters or bladders.

a1665 G. Starkey Expos. Six Gates i. 155 in Ripley Reviv'd (1678) Our Compound in this heat riseth in blisters.

1671 J. Ray in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 97 I had thought that the Kermes-berry had been a Blister of the Bark of the Oak.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 64 The Paste would be cloudy, and full of Blisters.

1885 Athenæum 30 May 704/2 Nor is this cracking all the mischief which has lately befallen this picture..there is rather a large blister.

b. A disease incident to peach-trees, caused by the fungus Exoascus deformans, which produces a distortion of the leaves.

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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > fruit or fruit plants

leaf curl1850

fly-speck1855

vine-mildew1855

vine-fungus1857

leaf blister1858

blister1864

peach-blister1866

charbon1882

crown rot1888

melanose1888

plum pocket1888

peach leaf curl1890

brown rot1894

mummy1902

sooty blotch1909

rhubarb disease1911

spur blight1915

red core1936

sclerotinia1950

Sigatoka1958

1864 Ohio Agric. Rep. XVIII. 460 For some years, in this country, the disease which produces the ‘Blister and Curl’ in the peach leaf, and decay in the peach fruit, has..produced extensive ravages.

1919 Board Agric. & Fisheries Leaflet No. 120 ‘Curl’ or ‘leaf blister’ proves very injurious to peaches and nectarines during certain seasons.

c. Nautical colloquial. An outer covering fitted to a vessel to provide protection against torpedoes and mines or to improve stability. Hence, a ship so protected. Also attributive.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > bulge to give protection or stability

blister1919

bulge1919

1919 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 July 543/1 Immunity from the evil effects of torpedoes and mines is sought by the provision of a swelling, commonly called a ‘bulge’ or a ‘blister’, below the water-line on each side.

1921 Flight 13 584/1 By suitable methods of ‘blister’ construction of ships, however, this mining effect could be reduced to something as negligible as the direct hit.

1923 W. S. Churchill World Crisis II. i. 23 When at last Monitors, ‘Blisters’ and Tanks had been devised and built.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 64/1 Blisters which communicate with the open sea, are fitted on some ships as an anti-rolling device.

d. A rounded compartment protruding from the body of an aeroplane. Also attributive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > attached compartment housing something

nacelle1914

blister1939

pod1950

1939 Meccano Mag. Sept. 517/2 There are five machine gun positions, one in the fuselage nose, and four others in the form of streamlined ‘blisters’ on the top, bottom, and sides of the fuselage.

1941 Illustr. London News 198 516 An air-gunner in one of the carefully stream-lined blister gun turrets of a ‘Catalina’.

1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command xv. 140 Two big gun blisters, with sliding, rounded panels of perspex, in which two gunners are always on watch.

3. Medicine. Anything applied to raise a blister; a vesicatory.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for raising blisters > [noun]

blister?1541

vesicatory1604

vesicant1661

epispastic1682

epipastic1710

pustulant1861

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Piij And the blysters potencyall cauteres be applyed.

1759 R. Whytt in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 570 I advised a blister to be applied.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 561 Blisters are especially useful in inflammations of serous membranes.

4. A derogatory term for a person, esp. an annoying one. slang.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt

thingOE

cat?c1225

geggea1300

fox-whelpc1320

creaturea1325

whelp1338

scoutc1380

turnbroach14..

foumart1508

shit1508

get?a1513

strummel?a1513

scofting?1518

pismirea1535

clinchpoop1555

rag1566

huddle and twang1578

whipster1590

slop1599

shullocka1603

tailor1607

turnspit1607

fitchewa1616

bulchin1617

trundle-taila1626

tick1631

louse1633

fart1669

insect1684

mully-grub-gurgeon1746

grub-worm1752

rass1790

foutre1794

blister1806

snot1809

skin1825

scurf1851

scut1873

Siwash1882

stiff1882

bleeder1887

blighter1896

sugar1916

vuilgoed1924

klunk1942

fart sack1943

fart-arse1946

jerkwad1980

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 145 A perpetual blister;—alias, a sociable next-door-neighbour, who has taken a violent affection for you.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 9 Blister, an annoying person.

1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life iii. 81 Mr. Wellings' reputation throughout the school..was that of a ‘chronic blister’.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves xi. 308 Women are a wash-out. I see no future for the sex, Bertie. Blisters, all of them.

5. A summons. slang.

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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons

citationc1325

summonancec1410

process1423

summons1429

summonitionc1455

venire facias1463

letters citatory1465

summonda1500

interpellation1579

butterfly1583

exploit1622

monition1649

cital1760

venire1763

exaction1816

assignation1884

blister1903

bluey1909

blue1939

1903 Sessions Paper 17 Nov. 33 I was served with four blisters yesterday.

1906 Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 5/6 ‘Have you never had a “blister”?’.. The solicitor explained to the Court that a ‘blister’ was a summons for ‘scorching’.

1947 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 29 62 He'd been paying off a few bob every time he had a few to spare... And then he gets a blister!

Compounds

blister-beetle n. an insect used for raising blisters, spec. the Spanish fly ( Cantharis vesicatoria).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > member of

blister-fly1585

French flya1641

Spanish fly1654

blister-beetle1816

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 31 If the apothecary cannot distinguish a..blister-beetle from a Carabus.

blister-fly n.

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blister-fly1585

French flya1641

Spanish fly1654

blister-beetle1816

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 72/2 Mordella,..a whelke flie, or blister flie.

1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas 88 Next comes the Spanish or blister fly.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 105 The Canthárides, or Spanish blister-flies, are an essential article of medicine.

1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 23 The brilliant Blister-fly..is only very sparingly met with in this country.

blister blight n. a disease of the tea-plant caused by the fungus Exobasidium vexans, which produces blisters on the leaves.

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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > blight

rubigoa1398

blicheningc1420

blast1577

brantcorn1578

blight1611

brand1640

uredo1706

rickets1759

coal brand1793

blister blight1877

1877 S. Baildon Tea in Assam 45 I do not know whether it has been really ascertained what causes ‘Blister blight’. A leaf gets a small speck upon it at first, which, as it enlarges, assumes the appearance of a blister.

1949 Ann. Reg. 1948 144 Tea bushes were attacked by blister blight.

blister-copper n. copper having a blistered surface, obtained during smelting just before the final operation; hence attributive blister-copper ore.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > copper > types of

garcopper1654

rose copper1678

tile copper1825

pimple copper1848

blister-copper ore1861

pimple metal1870

tough-cake1881

tough pitch1881

electrolytic1912

1861 J. Percy Metall.: Fuel I. 325 The blister-copper is tapped into sand-moulds.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 398 Blister Copper-ore, a botryoidal variety of copper-pyrites.

blister furnace n. a furnace for the conversion of copper regulus or matte into blister-copper.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnace for treating copper

hotplatea1884

blister furnace1902

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 237/1 The multiple system anodes are sometimes cast directly from the blister furnace or the converter.

blister gas n. a poison gas which causes blisters on or intense irritation of the skin.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous gas

carbonic oxide1802

poison gas1816

cyanogen1823

carbon monoxide1868

sneeze gas1918

sneezing gas1918

Lewisite1921

sternutator1922

blister gas1936

nausea gas1936

Zyklon1939

harassing agent1968

1936 Current Hist. July 61/2 In Class D come the vesicants or blister gases.

1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 144/1 The blister gases..penetrate nearly every material except glass, porcelain, and unglazed metals.

blister pack n. a pack consisting of a piece of usually transparent plastic moulded over an article and sealed to a flat card.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > specific

woolpack1297

bag-in-a-box1943

pre-package1946

pre-pack1951

Tetra Pak1953

blister package1954

vacuum packaging1954

blister pack1964

ballotin1974

1964 Drug & Cosmetic Industry July 54/1 (heading) Blister-pack.

1969 L. S. Mounts in W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. v. 116 Blister packs are usually rigid.

1977 Times 22 Oct. 12/7 The cheapest bangers [sc. fireworks] are now sold in blister-packs of six at 21p each.

1983 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 14/1 Tamper-resistant packages, such as blister packs.

blister-pack v. (transitive) to package in this way.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > pack > specific methods

sackc1405

bale1762

unitize1945

vacuum-pack1951

cargo1959

blister-pack1971

1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 May 6/4 Sophisticated machinery to blister pack articles for protection during shipment.

blister-packed adj.

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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > merchandise packaging

packaged1906

repackaged1909

wrapped1957

blister-packed1976

1976 CB Mag. June 22/1 (advt.) Attractively blister packed.

blister-packing n.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > packing > specific

sacking1569

bagging1711

baling1762

woolpacking1875

blister packaging1954

vacuum packaging1954

skin packaging1957

crating1963

strip packaging1969

blister-packing1976

1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1239/1 The use of blister-packing..could lead to important savings of drugs discarded each year in English hospitals.

blister package n. = blister pack n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > specific

woolpack1297

bag-in-a-box1943

pre-package1946

pre-pack1951

Tetra Pak1953

blister package1954

vacuum packaging1954

blister pack1964

ballotin1974

1954 Mod. Plastics May 89/3 Very small and simple pieces, such as dome-like ‘blister’ packages.

1964 Drug & Cosmetic Industry July 54/2 Cardboard and plastic may be combined in several different ways to yield the desired blister package.

blister packaging n. packaging in blister packs.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > packing > specific

sacking1569

bagging1711

baling1762

woolpacking1875

blister packaging1954

vacuum packaging1954

skin packaging1957

crating1963

strip packaging1969

blister-packing1976

1954 Mod. Plastics May 97/1 Master Rule Mfg. Co., Middletown, N.Y., has..opened a new phase in ‘blister’ packaging by encasing a steel tape measuring rule in the package during the vacuum forming operation.

1976 Oxf. Consumer Mar. 7/2 The shopkeepers' opinions are divided on the blister packaging... Once the shopkeeper has broken the blister..the article is no use for further sale.

blister pearl n. a pearly excrescence of irregular shape found on the shell of a pearl oyster.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of

unioOE

pearl of orientc1400

seed pearl1551

powdering pearls1606

pear pearl1647

Welsh pearl1681

peara1685

union1694

akoya1727

river pearl1776

orient1833

bouton pearl1851

blister pearl1885

Bombay pearl1885

teardrop pearl1904

cultured pearl1911

culture pearl1921

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 446/2 The mollusc..depositing nacreous matter.., thus forming a hollow body of irregular shape known as a ‘blister pearl’.

1910 Daily Chron. 4 Apr. 4/5 Overdress of gauze encrusted with blister pearls.

blister-plant n. a name for different species of Ranunculus, esp. R. acris, R. sceleratus.

blister-plaster n. a plaster for raising a blister.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > plaster for raising blisters

blister-plaster1796

1796 J. Wolcot Satire in Wks. (1812) III. 390 He Gilead's Balm; but you a Blister-plaster.

blister-steel n. steel having a blistered surface, obtained during the process of converting iron into shear-steel or cast-steel; attributive blister-steel furnace.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other types of steel

hardened steel1557

shear steel1815

blister-steel1831

mild steel1850

carbon steel1856

Bessemer steel1864

soft centre1865

silicon steel1882

weld-steel1884

rimmed steel1920

society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnaces for treating iron > for producing steel

retort1634

blister-steel furnace1831

Siemens furnace1866

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 230 When the iron has absorbed a quantity of carbon in the blister steel furnace.

1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 319 Needles of shear steel received a greater magnetic force than those of blister steel.

1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 65 When the bars are removed from the furnace they are in a blistered state; they are known as blister-steel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

blisterv.

Brit.

/ˈblɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈblɪstər/

Etymology: < blister n.¹

1. transitive. To raise blisters on. Also absol.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt in spots, etc. [verb (transitive)] > raise blisters

risea1398

blister?1541

beblister1575

vesicate1658

embladder1662

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Qj^v Those that blyster make no scarre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 326 A Southwest blow on yee, And blister you all ore.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. vii. 69 The Axes..blistered their tender fingers.

1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 576 It is very acrid, and easily blisters the skin.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 225 Patients might be bled, cupped, or blistered.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 18 I'll slap at him..I'll blister him.

1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius iv. 33 Ice which blisters may be said to burn.

figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 12 This Tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 12 Who falling in the flawes of her owne youth, Hath blister'd her report. 1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 33 Abominable words which blister tongue.

2. transferred. To raise blisters on (iron bars, etc.) in the process of conversion into steel.

3. intransitive. To be or become covered with blisters.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt [verb (intransitive)] > in blisters

blister1496

vesicate1899

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > become blistered

blister1799

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. giv He blowyth tyll his lyppes blyster.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 36 If I proue hony-mouth'd, let my tongue blister .

1735 J. Atwell in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 399 The Wound has blister'd.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 168 The bark blisters and rises from the reed.

1821 Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 92 Otherwise it [roast sucking-pig] will be apt to blister.

†4. To rise in or as a blister. Obsolete.

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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > swell

swellOE

to-swellc1000

bolnec1325

pluma1398

bladderc1440

boldena1510

to bulk1551

hove1590

tympanize1607

outswell1612

tumefy1615

extuberate1623

heave1629

blister1644

puff1648

huff1656

intumesce1794

pluff1831

balloon1841

turgesce1864

tumesce1966

1644–7 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall (1677) 102 Our Modern Noble Men; those Wens of Greatness, the Body Politick's most peccant Humours, Blistred into Lords.

5. transitive. Used as an imprecation. slang.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > oaths other than religious or obscene

confoundc1330

founda1382

hanga1400

whip1609

rat1691

fire1730

repique1760

curse1761

blow1781

blister1840

sugar1886

1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xxvi Blister 'em! Where can the scoundrels be got to?

1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets iii. 46 Why didn't they send it up before, blister their insides? I've been in agonies of suspense.

6. Of a policeman: to record a person's name for an alleged offence; esp. in passive, to have one's name recorded in this way; to be summoned or punished for an offence (cf. blister n.¹ 5). slang.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (transitive)] > record one's name or an offence (on a licence)

endorse1902

blister1909

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 34/2 To blister..Used chiefly by cabmen in relation to magisterial fines, e.g., ‘I was blistered at Bow Street to-day for twenty hog.’

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 329 Blistered, served with a summons.

1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? xvi. 225 When the policeman puts his notebook away again, we've usually been ‘blistered’. During recent years, policemen have been blistering us over three thousand times in a twelvemonth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blister
释义	blistern.¹ Brit. /ˈblɪstə/, U.S. /ˈblɪstər/ Forms: Also Middle English blester, 1500s bluster, blyster. Etymology: Middle English blester, blister, perhaps < Old French blestre (‘tumeur, bouton,’ Godefroy), also blostre: the double form may be explained as an adoption of Old Norse blástr, dative blǽstri ‘swelling,’ also ‘a blast, blowing,’ < blása to blow (whence also modern Swedish blåsa, German blase, blister). The 16th cent. variant bluster suggests the Middle Dutch or Flemish bluyster (Kilian), which points to earlier blûstra, from same root (compare Old Norse blístra* to whistle). An Old English blǽster, bléster or blýster, cognate with the Old Norse or Dutch, might have been expected, but is not found. 1. A thin vesicle on the skin, containing serum, caused by friction, a burn, or other injury, or the action of a vesicatory. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > blister bladderc1000 blistera1400 blurec1440 blurrea1529 water wheal1530 vesication1543 phlycten1585 psydracium1585 water bladder1587 bleb1607 phlyzacium1693 bullule1707 vesicle1799 pompholyx1808 water blister1821 blab1861 bulla1877 papulovesicle1877 vesicula1877 dermoid1897 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6011 Bile and blester [Vesp. blister] bolnand sare. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxvii There is a blyster rysen vnder the tonge. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 22^v Good..agaynst blusters or reed pustuls. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 367^v/2 For blisters of the sonne brenning, Very good..ointments. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iii. i. 36 This hand would rise in Blisters should'st thou touch it. 1815 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 7) II. i. xxi. 278 Acetic acid, thus prepared..raises a blister when applied to the skin. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 88 Your wet ropes And clumsy oars..give blisters first And then a horny hand. 2. a. A similar swelling, containing fluid or (more usually) air, on the surface of a plant, on metal after cooling, a painted surface, and the like. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > formation of blisters > blister blister1597 boil1841 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1296 Wherupon there neuer grow..blisters or bladders. a1665 G. Starkey Expos. Six Gates i. 155 in Ripley Reviv'd (1678) Our Compound in this heat riseth in blisters. 1671 J. Ray in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 97 I had thought that the Kermes-berry had been a Blister of the Bark of the Oak. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 64 The Paste would be cloudy, and full of Blisters. 1885 Athenæum 30 May 704/2 Nor is this cracking all the mischief which has lately befallen this picture..there is rather a large blister. b. A disease incident to peach-trees, caused by the fungus Exoascus deformans, which produces a distortion of the leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > fruit or fruit plants leaf curl1850 fly-speck1855 vine-mildew1855 vine-fungus1857 leaf blister1858 blister1864 peach-blister1866 charbon1882 crown rot1888 melanose1888 plum pocket1888 peach leaf curl1890 brown rot1894 mummy1902 sooty blotch1909 rhubarb disease1911 spur blight1915 red core1936 sclerotinia1950 Sigatoka1958 1864 Ohio Agric. Rep. XVIII. 460 For some years, in this country, the disease which produces the ‘Blister and Curl’ in the peach leaf, and decay in the peach fruit, has..produced extensive ravages. 1919 Board Agric. & Fisheries Leaflet No. 120 ‘Curl’ or ‘leaf blister’ proves very injurious to peaches and nectarines during certain seasons. c. Nautical colloquial. An outer covering fitted to a vessel to provide protection against torpedoes and mines or to improve stability. Hence, a ship so protected. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > bulge to give protection or stability blister1919 bulge1919 1919 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 July 543/1 Immunity from the evil effects of torpedoes and mines is sought by the provision of a swelling, commonly called a ‘bulge’ or a ‘blister’, below the water-line on each side. 1921 Flight 13 584/1 By suitable methods of ‘blister’ construction of ships, however, this mining effect could be reduced to something as negligible as the direct hit. 1923 W. S. Churchill World Crisis II. i. 23 When at last Monitors, ‘Blisters’ and Tanks had been devised and built. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 64/1 Blisters which communicate with the open sea, are fitted on some ships as an anti-rolling device. d. A rounded compartment protruding from the body of an aeroplane. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > attached compartment housing something nacelle1914 blister1939 pod1950 1939 Meccano Mag. Sept. 517/2 There are five machine gun positions, one in the fuselage nose, and four others in the form of streamlined ‘blisters’ on the top, bottom, and sides of the fuselage. 1941 Illustr. London News 198 516 An air-gunner in one of the carefully stream-lined blister gun turrets of a ‘Catalina’. 1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command xv. 140 Two big gun blisters, with sliding, rounded panels of perspex, in which two gunners are always on watch. 3. Medicine. Anything applied to raise a blister; a vesicatory. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for raising blisters > [noun] blister?1541 vesicatory1604 vesicant1661 epispastic1682 epipastic1710 pustulant1861 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Piij And the blysters potencyall cauteres be applyed. 1759 R. Whytt in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 570 I advised a blister to be applied. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 561 Blisters are especially useful in inflammations of serous membranes. 4. A derogatory term for a person, esp. an annoying one. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt thingOE cat?c1225 geggea1300 fox-whelpc1320 creaturea1325 whelp1338 scoutc1380 turnbroach14.. foumart1508 shit1508 get?a1513 strummel?a1513 scofting?1518 pismirea1535 clinchpoop1555 rag1566 huddle and twang1578 whipster1590 slop1599 shullocka1603 tailor1607 turnspit1607 fitchewa1616 bulchin1617 trundle-taila1626 tick1631 louse1633 fart1669 insect1684 mully-grub-gurgeon1746 grub-worm1752 rass1790 foutre1794 blister1806 snot1809 skin1825 scurf1851 scut1873 Siwash1882 stiff1882 bleeder1887 blighter1896 sugar1916 vuilgoed1924 klunk1942 fart sack1943 fart-arse1946 jerkwad1980 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 145 A perpetual blister;—alias, a sociable next-door-neighbour, who has taken a violent affection for you. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 9 Blister, an annoying person. 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life iii. 81 Mr. Wellings' reputation throughout the school..was that of a ‘chronic blister’. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves xi. 308 Women are a wash-out. I see no future for the sex, Bertie. Blisters, all of them. 5. A summons. slang. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons citationc1325 summonancec1410 process1423 summons1429 summonitionc1455 venire facias1463 letters citatory1465 summonda1500 interpellation1579 butterfly1583 exploit1622 monition1649 cital1760 venire1763 exaction1816 assignation1884 blister1903 bluey1909 blue1939 1903 Sessions Paper 17 Nov. 33 I was served with four blisters yesterday. 1906 Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 5/6 ‘Have you never had a “blister”?’.. The solicitor explained to the Court that a ‘blister’ was a summons for ‘scorching’. 1947 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 29 62 He'd been paying off a few bob every time he had a few to spare... And then he gets a blister! Compounds blister-beetle n. an insect used for raising blisters, spec. the Spanish fly ( Cantharis vesicatoria). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > member of blister-fly1585 French flya1641 Spanish fly1654 blister-beetle1816 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 31 If the apothecary cannot distinguish a..blister-beetle from a Carabus. blister-fly n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > member of blister-fly1585 French flya1641 Spanish fly1654 blister-beetle1816 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 72/2 Mordella,..a whelke flie, or blister flie. 1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas 88 Next comes the Spanish or blister fly. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 105 The Canthárides, or Spanish blister-flies, are an essential article of medicine. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 23 The brilliant Blister-fly..is only very sparingly met with in this country. blister blight n. a disease of the tea-plant caused by the fungus Exobasidium vexans, which produces blisters on the leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > blight rubigoa1398 blicheningc1420 blast1577 brantcorn1578 blight1611 brand1640 uredo1706 rickets1759 coal brand1793 blister blight1877 1877 S. Baildon Tea in Assam 45 I do not know whether it has been really ascertained what causes ‘Blister blight’. A leaf gets a small speck upon it at first, which, as it enlarges, assumes the appearance of a blister. 1949 Ann. Reg. 1948 144 Tea bushes were attacked by blister blight. blister-copper n. copper having a blistered surface, obtained during smelting just before the final operation; hence attributive blister-copper ore. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > copper > types of garcopper1654 rose copper1678 tile copper1825 pimple copper1848 blister-copper ore1861 pimple metal1870 tough-cake1881 tough pitch1881 electrolytic1912 1861 J. Percy Metall.: Fuel I. 325 The blister-copper is tapped into sand-moulds. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 398 Blister Copper-ore, a botryoidal variety of copper-pyrites. blister furnace n. a furnace for the conversion of copper regulus or matte into blister-copper. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnace for treating copper hotplatea1884 blister furnace1902 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 237/1 The multiple system anodes are sometimes cast directly from the blister furnace or the converter. blister gas n. a poison gas which causes blisters on or intense irritation of the skin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous gas carbonic oxide1802 poison gas1816 cyanogen1823 carbon monoxide1868 sneeze gas1918 sneezing gas1918 Lewisite1921 sternutator1922 blister gas1936 nausea gas1936 Zyklon1939 harassing agent1968 1936 Current Hist. July 61/2 In Class D come the vesicants or blister gases. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 144/1 The blister gases..penetrate nearly every material except glass, porcelain, and unglazed metals. blister pack n. a pack consisting of a piece of usually transparent plastic moulded over an article and sealed to a flat card. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > specific woolpack1297 bag-in-a-box1943 pre-package1946 pre-pack1951 Tetra Pak1953 blister package1954 vacuum packaging1954 blister pack1964 ballotin1974 1964 Drug & Cosmetic Industry July 54/1 (heading) Blister-pack. 1969 L. S. Mounts in W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. v. 116 Blister packs are usually rigid. 1977 Times 22 Oct. 12/7 The cheapest bangers [sc. fireworks] are now sold in blister-packs of six at 21p each. 1983 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 14/1 Tamper-resistant packages, such as blister packs. blister-pack v. (transitive) to package in this way. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > pack > specific methods sackc1405 bale1762 unitize1945 vacuum-pack1951 cargo1959 blister-pack1971 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 May 6/4 Sophisticated machinery to blister pack articles for protection during shipment. blister-packed adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > merchandise packaging packaged1906 repackaged1909 wrapped1957 blister-packed1976 1976 CB Mag. June 22/1 (advt.) Attractively blister packed. blister-packing n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > packing > specific sacking1569 bagging1711 baling1762 woolpacking1875 blister packaging1954 vacuum packaging1954 skin packaging1957 crating1963 strip packaging1969 blister-packing1976 1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1239/1 The use of blister-packing..could lead to important savings of drugs discarded each year in English hospitals. blister package n. = blister pack n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > specific woolpack1297 bag-in-a-box1943 pre-package1946 pre-pack1951 Tetra Pak1953 blister package1954 vacuum packaging1954 blister pack1964 ballotin1974 1954 Mod. Plastics May 89/3 Very small and simple pieces, such as dome-like ‘blister’ packages. 1964 Drug & Cosmetic Industry July 54/2 Cardboard and plastic may be combined in several different ways to yield the desired blister package. blister packaging n. packaging in blister packs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > packing > specific sacking1569 bagging1711 baling1762 woolpacking1875 blister packaging1954 vacuum packaging1954 skin packaging1957 crating1963 strip packaging1969 blister-packing1976 1954 Mod. Plastics May 97/1 Master Rule Mfg. Co., Middletown, N.Y., has..opened a new phase in ‘blister’ packaging by encasing a steel tape measuring rule in the package during the vacuum forming operation. 1976 Oxf. Consumer Mar. 7/2 The shopkeepers' opinions are divided on the blister packaging... Once the shopkeeper has broken the blister..the article is no use for further sale. blister pearl n. a pearly excrescence of irregular shape found on the shell of a pearl oyster. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of unioOE pearl of orientc1400 seed pearl1551 powdering pearls1606 pear pearl1647 Welsh pearl1681 peara1685 union1694 akoya1727 river pearl1776 orient1833 bouton pearl1851 blister pearl1885 Bombay pearl1885 teardrop pearl1904 cultured pearl1911 culture pearl1921 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 446/2 The mollusc..depositing nacreous matter.., thus forming a hollow body of irregular shape known as a ‘blister pearl’. 1910 Daily Chron. 4 Apr. 4/5 Overdress of gauze encrusted with blister pearls. blister-plant n. a name for different species of Ranunculus, esp. R. acris, R. sceleratus. blister-plaster n. a plaster for raising a blister. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > plaster for raising blisters blister-plaster1796 1796 J. Wolcot Satire in Wks. (1812) III. 390 He Gilead's Balm; but you a Blister-plaster. blister-steel n. steel having a blistered surface, obtained during the process of converting iron into shear-steel or cast-steel; attributive blister-steel furnace. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other types of steel hardened steel1557 shear steel1815 blister-steel1831 mild steel1850 carbon steel1856 Bessemer steel1864 soft centre1865 silicon steel1882 weld-steel1884 rimmed steel1920 society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnaces for treating iron > for producing steel retort1634 blister-steel furnace1831 Siemens furnace1866 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 230 When the iron has absorbed a quantity of carbon in the blister steel furnace. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 319 Needles of shear steel received a greater magnetic force than those of blister steel. 1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 65 When the bars are removed from the furnace they are in a blistered state; they are known as blister-steel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). blisterv. Brit. /ˈblɪstə/, U.S. /ˈblɪstər/ Etymology: < blister n.¹ 1. transitive. To raise blisters on. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt in spots, etc. [verb (transitive)] > raise blisters risea1398 blister?1541 beblister1575 vesicate1658 embladder1662 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Qj^v Those that blyster make no scarre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 326 A Southwest blow on yee, And blister you all ore. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. vii. 69 The Axes..blistered their tender fingers. 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 576 It is very acrid, and easily blisters the skin. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 225 Patients might be bled, cupped, or blistered. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 18 I'll slap at him..I'll blister him. 1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius iv. 33 Ice which blisters may be said to burn. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 12 This Tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 12 Who falling in the flawes of her owne youth, Hath blister'd her report. View more context for this quotation1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 33 Abominable words which blister tongue. 2. transferred. To raise blisters on (iron bars, etc.) in the process of conversion into steel. 3. intransitive. To be or become covered with blisters. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt [verb (intransitive)] > in blisters blister1496 vesicate1899 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > become blistered blister1799 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. giv He blowyth tyll his lyppes blyster. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 36 If I proue hony-mouth'd, let my tongue blister . View more context for this quotation 1735 J. Atwell in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 399 The Wound has blister'd. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 168 The bark blisters and rises from the reed. 1821 Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 92 Otherwise it [roast sucking-pig] will be apt to blister. †4. To rise in or as a blister. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > swell swellOE to-swellc1000 bolnec1325 pluma1398 bladderc1440 boldena1510 to bulk1551 hove1590 tympanize1607 outswell1612 tumefy1615 extuberate1623 heave1629 blister1644 puff1648 huff1656 intumesce1794 pluff1831 balloon1841 turgesce1864 tumesce1966 1644–7 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall (1677) 102 Our Modern Noble Men; those Wens of Greatness, the Body Politick's most peccant Humours, Blistred into Lords. 5. transitive. Used as an imprecation. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > oaths other than religious or obscene confoundc1330 founda1382 hanga1400 whip1609 rat1691 fire1730 repique1760 curse1761 blow1781 blister1840 sugar1886 1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xxvi Blister 'em! Where can the scoundrels be got to? 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets iii. 46 Why didn't they send it up before, blister their insides? I've been in agonies of suspense. 6. Of a policeman: to record a person's name for an alleged offence; esp. in passive, to have one's name recorded in this way; to be summoned or punished for an offence (cf. blister n.¹ 5). slang. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (transitive)] > record one's name or an offence (on a licence) endorse1902 blister1909 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 34/2 To blister..Used chiefly by cabmen in relation to magisterial fines, e.g., ‘I was blistered at Bow Street to-day for twenty hog.’ 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 329 Blistered, served with a summons. 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? xvi. 225 When the policeman puts his notebook away again, we've usually been ‘blistered’. During recent years, policemen have been blistering us over three thousand times in a twelvemonth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : B-listern.² < n.¹a1400v.1496 see also
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