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Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..

Blister :: Blister (v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon.

Glister :: Glister (v. i.) To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

Philister :: Philister (n.) A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

Blister :: Blister (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

Blistering :: Blistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bliste.

Blistery :: Blistery (a.) Full of blisters.

Arbalister :: Arbalister (n.) A crossbowman.

Fillister :: Fillister (n.) A plane for making a rabbet.

Vesicatory :: Vesicatory (a.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister..

Blob :: Blob (n.) Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc..

Listerism :: Listerism (n.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon..

Bleb :: Bleb (n.) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc..

Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..

Epispastic :: Epispastic (a.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Manchineel :: Manchineel (n.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple..

Lister :: Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish..

Glistered :: Glistered (imp. & p. p.) of Gliste.

Arcubalister :: Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.

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