blain

Example Sentences

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That is a lie, because I sboke as blain as anythin'.

From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke 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

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)

Blained, adj. "half dry," said of linen hung out to dry, is, of course, simply the pp. of blain, cp.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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