a. A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation.
b. A similar swelling on a plant.
2.
a. A raised bubble, as on a painted or laminated surface.
b. A rounded, bulging, usually transparent structure, such as one used for observation on certain aircraft or for display and protection of packaged products.
v.blis·tered, blis·ter·ing, blis·ters
v.tr.
1. To cause a blister to form on.
2. To reprove harshly.
v.intr.
To break out in or as if in blisters.
[Middle English, probably from Old French blestre, of Germanic origin.]
adjto have blistered skin/feet/hands → Blasen auf der Haut/an den Füßen/an den Händen haben; to be blistered → Blasen haben; blistered paint → Blasen werfende Farbe
So we dug and dug with the case-knives till most midnight; and then we was dog-tired, and our hands was blistered, and yet you couldn't see we'd done anything hardly.
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
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