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blain

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Noun — A sore, swelling or blister on the skin.

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Came into English from Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). It is cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), and Middle Low German bleine (“blain”), and is also related to d...

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