Definition of "blain" []

• A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch. (noun)

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• "The blain is a vesicular enlargement on the lateral and under part of the tongue in horses, oxen, and dogs, which, although not of unfrequent occurrence, or peculiarly fatal result, has not been sufficiently noticed by veterinary authors."
• "I shouldn't have, but I did... blain what is votd ? hated the video by the way. sorry."
• "Two generations back they still stood dark and empty; people avoided them as they passed by; the boldest schoolboy only shouted through the keyhole and made off; for within, it was supposed, the plague lay ambushed like a basilisk, ready to flow forth and spread blain and pustule through the city."