blain

Example Sentences

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It alwish seemed to me to be a beeg fish story, but it ish all blain to my mint now.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

De moonlighdt blayed oopon de drees,     It shined oopon de blain, Two forms rode in de mitnight woods,     Und nefer coomed again.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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)

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

The blain is more frequent in spring and summer than at other seasons of the year.

From The Dog by Youatt, William