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<hw>Blis"som</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>blithesome</ets>: but cf. also Icel. <ets>bl<?/sma</ets> of a goat at heat.]</ety> <def>To be lustful; to be lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Blissom</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blis"som</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes.</def>

<h1>Blister</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blis"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.; akin to OD. <ets>bluyster</ets>, fr. the same root as <ets>blast</ets>, <ets>bladder</ets>, <ets>blow</ets>. See <er>Blow</er> to eject wind.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.</def>

<blockquote>And painful <b>blisters</b> swelled my tender hands. <i>Grainger.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<cs><col>Blister beetle</col>, <cd>a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the <i>Lytta<i> (or <i>Cantharis<i>) <i>vesicatoria<i>, called <i>Cantharis<i> or <i>Spanish fly<i> by druggists. See <er>Cantharis</er>.</cd> -- <col>Blister fly</col>, <cd>a blister beetle.</cd> -- <col>Blister plaster</col>, <cd>a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.</cd> -- <col>Blister steel</col>, <cd>crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also <altname>blistered steel</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Blood blister</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blood</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Blister</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blis"ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blistered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blistering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.</def>

<blockquote>Let my tongue <b>blister</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blister</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blis"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To raise a blister or blisters upon.</def>

<blockquote>My hands were <b>blistered</b>. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.</def>

<blockquote>This tyrant, whose sole name <b>blisters</b> our tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blistery</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blis"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of blisters.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Blite</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>blitum</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbs (<spn>Blitum</spn>>) with a fleshy calyx. <spn>Blitum capitatum</spn> is the strawberry <i>blite</i>. </def>

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<h1>Blithe</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blithe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bl\'c6<?/e</ets> blithe, kind; akin to Goth. <ets>blei<?/s</ets> kind, Icel. <ets>bl\'c6<?/r</ets> mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. <ets>blid</ets> gentle, D. <ets>blijd</ets> blithe, OHG. <ets>bl\'c6di</ets> kind, blithe.]</ety> <def>Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; <as>as, a <ex>blithe</ex> spirit</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>blithe</b> sounds of festal music. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A daughter fair, So buxom, <b>blithe</b>, and debonair. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>