blain

See also: Blain

English

Etymology

From Middle English blain, from Old English blegen. Cognates include Middle Low German bleine ("blain"), Dutch blein ("blain"), and Dutch blegn ("blain").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bleɪn/

Noun

blain (plural blains)

A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.

Derived terms

chilblain

Translations

skin swelling or sore

Bulgarian: пришка (priška)

Scots: blain

Anagrams

Albin, Labin, binal

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblin/, /ˈblɛn/
(Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈbleɪn/

Noun

blain (plural blains)

A scar or weal; a blemish.
A hole, a vacancy, an omission.

Derived terms

blainy