Blistered
['blɪstɚd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Blister
Typist: Sophie
Examples
- They were both blistered raw. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Water is scarce in blistered Syria. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Between that time and 1770 he practised melting small pieces of blistered steel (iron bars which had been carbonised by smelting in charcoal) in closed clay crucibles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I can do it better by this light than by a stronger, for my hand is steadiest when I don't see the poor blistered patches too distinctly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Depend on it, Shirley, no tear blistered the manuscript of 'The Castaway. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Boats without awnings were too hot to touch; ships blistered at their moorings; the stones of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Sophie