blistery

Once it had been a blistery red; that though was in the days of his apprenticeship to this trade.

A "blistery" bottom that is a cod ground the year around, the best of the fishing occurring in the spring months.

It is a "blistery" ground, the presence of these growths on a rocky or gravelly bottom usually meaning good fishing.

It has 40 to 50 fathoms over a bottom of sharp rocks and mud—a "blistery" bottom.