Synonyms for blain


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bleyn
Phonetic Transcription : bleɪn

Top 10 synonyms for blain Other synonyms for the word blain

Définition of blain

Origin :
  • Old English blegen "a sore," from Proto-Germanic *blajinon "a swelling" (cf. Danish blegn, Dutch blein), from PIE *bhlei- "to swell," from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell;" see bole.
  • As in blister : noun swelling
  • As in boil : noun blister
Example sentences :
  • The blain is a watery vesicle in the second joint of the wing.
  • Extract from : « The Art and Practice of Hawking » by Edward B. Michell
  • They haf daken atfandage of our bresence to regover a bortion of the blain.
  • Extract from : « Overland » by John William De Forest
  • Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.
  • Extract from : « Bill the Minder » by W. Heath Robinson
  • It alwish seemed to me to be a beeg fish story, but it ish all blain to my mint now.
  • Extract from : « Recitations for the Social Circle » by James Clarence Harvey
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