{ } n. [ OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest. ] A crossbowman. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister. ] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. balestre. See Ballista. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ballista. Cf. Balister. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. ] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. --
Blister fly, a blister beetle. --
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. --
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. --
Blood blister. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My hands were blistered. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blistered p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering. ] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let my tongue blister. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn. -- acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn. -- blistery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn. -- red-hot, scorching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of blisters. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Familisteries [ F. familistère. ] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plane for making a rabbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistered p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering. ] [ OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern, glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten. ] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that glisters is not gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Glitter; luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. glistere. ] Same as Clyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a glistering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a list or roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Leister. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [ Scotland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. List a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow. ] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Listerized p. pr. & vb. n. Listerizing ] (Med.) To make antiseptic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. millistère, from milli- milli- + stère. ] A liter, or cubic decimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities. [ 1913 Webster ]