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blind boils

blind boils is the plural of blind boil.

Meaning of blind boil

Noun

blind boil (plural blind boils)

  1. A boil under or on the skin that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.
    • A singular species of worms, called by the natives 'Gusano del Monte'—Worm of the Woods, was found under the surface of the skin, and covered over like a blind boil.1854, Darien Exploring Expedition (1854)

Questions about blind boils

What is blind boils the plural of?
Blind boils is the plural of blind boil.

Words near blind boils in the dictionary

  1. blind bags
  2. blind baking
  3. Blind Bight
  4. blind bit
  5. blind boil
  6. blind boils
  7. blind box
  8. blind boxes
  9. blind carbon copied
  10. blind carbon copies
  11. blind carbon copy

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