blain

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless the blain grew chillier and chillier until at last they were compelled to send for a physician.

From Bill the Minder by Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)

The primary seat of blain, is the cellular substance beneath the integument of the part.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

They haf daken atfandage of our bresence to regover a bortion of the blain.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

Or if the ache of travel and of toil   Would sometimes wring a short, sharp cry of pain From agony of fever, blain, and boil,   'Twas but to crush it down and on again!

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden

And no philosophic theory condescends to bring the Ideal, the Absolute, and the Unconditioned, into such close and intimate connection with the frog-spawn of the ditch and the blain upon the tortured skin.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.