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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49872" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49872" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Blain]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Blain]] </strong> . A blain is an inflammatory swelling on the body. In one of the plagues of Egypt the dust became a ‘boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast’ ( Exodus 9:9-10 ). See Botch, Medicine, and cf. Wyclif’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Job 2:7 ‘He smot [[Iob]] with the werste stinkende bleyne fro the sole of the fot unto the nol.’ The word is still retained in the compound <em> chilblain </em> . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_93933" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_93933" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:07, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Blain . A blain is an inflammatory swelling on the body. In one of the plagues of Egypt the dust became a ‘boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast’ ( Exodus 9:9-10 ). See Botch, Medicine, and cf. Wyclif’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Job 2:7 ‘He smot Iob with the werste stinkende bleyne fro the sole of the fot unto the nol.’ The word is still retained in the compound chilblain .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.
(2): (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.
