What does Blain mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blainnoun

    an inflammatory swelling or sore

Wiktionary

  1. blainnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Blainnoun

    A pustule; a botch; a blister.

    Etymology: blegene, Sax. bleyne, Dutch.

    Itches, blains,
    Sow all th’ Athenian bosoms, and the crop
    Be general leprosy. William Shakespeare, Timon.

    Botches and blains must all his flesh imboss,
    And all his people. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii. l. 180.

    Whene’er I hear a rival nam’d,
    I feel my body all inflam’d;
    Which breaking out in boils and blains,
    With yellow filth my linen stains. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. blain

    A blain is an inflammatory swelling or sore on the skin, often filled with pus or fluid. It's typically caused by an infection or irritation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blainnoun

    an inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister

  2. Blainnoun

    a bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath

Wikidata

  1. Blain

    Blain is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 252 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Blain

    blān, n. a boil or blister. [A.S. blegen, a blister, prob. from blawan, to blow.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BLAIN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blain is ranked #7025 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Blain surname appeared 4,764 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Blain.

    80.2% or 3,824 total occurrences were White.
    13.2% or 633 total occurrences were Black.
    3.3% or 160 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 80 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 28 total occurrences were Asian.

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  1. Albin

  2. binal

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blain in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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