blisteredadj.
/ˈblɪstəd/ 1.
a. Affected with blisters, covered with vesicles.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > blister
blistered1563
vesicated1703
vesicular1818
bullous1833
phlyctenous1834
phlyctenoid1842
phlyctenular1843
pompholygous1855
vesiculateda1858
papulovesicular1875
vesicopustular1902
vesiculo-pustular1911
vesiculo-bullous1923
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having blisters
blistery1743
blistered1886
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 116 This hearb..healeth the blistred lungs.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 4 The door..was blistered and distained.
b. Of steel, etc.: cf. blister n.1 Compounds. Originally U.S.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > other types of steel
blistered1744
pinny1789
roky1889
constructional1894
rimming1926
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper > types or qualities of copper
blistered1870
shot1877
under-poled1881
overpoled1910
1744 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1926) 21 243 3 ffaggotts Blistered Steel.
1750 B. Franklin Suppl. Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1753) 92 Sometimes the surface..of the needle..appears blister'd.
1770 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 65 My Smiths say the Bristol or Blister'd steel sent to us is very bad.
1821 Turner's Easy Introd. Arts & Sci. (ed. 18) 227 The iron combines with a quantity of carbon, and is converted into blistered steel.
1870 Eng. Mech. 18 Feb. 547/3 ‘Blistered’ copper is recognised by..being covered with scales of the oxide.
c. Provided with a ‘blister’ (see blister n.1 2c).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [adjective] > having bulge for protection or stability
blistered1923
1923 W. S. Churchill World Crisis II. i. 23 The Monitor and the ‘bulged’ or ‘blistered ship’ were the beginning of the torpedo-proof fleet.
1928 Daily Express 21 Nov. 1/1 The methods of defence employed by surface craft consist of anti-aircraft guns..; of reinforced or ‘blistered’ bottoms..; and of manœuvre.
2. Ornamented with puffs, puffed.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > puffed
buft1572
blistered1592
out-tuft1603
puffed1617
bouffant1880
bubble1910
bouffy1960
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D2 v His backe..blisterd with light sarcenet bastings.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 31 Short blistred Breeches. View more context for this quotation
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