Look up: blain

1. blain
   [n] - an inflammatory swelling or sore
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2. Blain
   Blain (blān) noun [ Middle English blein , bleyn , Anglo-Saxon blēgen ; akin to Danish blegn , Dutch blein ; perhaps from the same root as English bladder . See Bladder .] 1. An i...
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3. blain
   1. An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. 'Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss.' (Milton) ... 2. <veterinary> A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath. ... Origin: OE. Blein, bleyn, AS. Blgen; akin ...
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4. blain
   noun an inflammatory swelling or sore
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5. Blain
   • (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath. • (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.
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6. Blain
   (distemper) `Blain` is a distemper occurring in animals, consisting in a bladder growing on the root of the tongue against the windpipe, which at length swelling, stops the breath. It was thought to occur by great chafing, and heating of the stomach. References: # http://digicoll.library.wisc...
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