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Related to blistered: internal blister
a. A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation.
b. A similar swelling on a plant.
a. A raised bubble, as on a painted or laminated surface.
b. A rounded, bulging, usually transparent structure, such as one used for observation on certain aircraft or for display and protection of packaged products.
v. blis·tered, blis·ter·ing, blis·ters
1. To cause a blister to form on.
2. To reprove harshly.
To break out in or as if in blisters.
[Middle English, probably from Old French blestre, of Germanic origin.]