Chilblain

//t͡ʃɪlbleɪn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).

    "Faith and those chilblanes are a foul trouble, Mistresse Merie-thought when your youth comes home, let him rub all the soles of his feete, and the heeles, and his ancles, with a mouse skinne, or if none of your people can catch a mouse, when hee goes to bed, let him rowle his feete in the warme embers, and I warrant you hee shall be well, and you may make him put his fingers between his toes & smell to them, it's very soueraigne for his head if he be costiue."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture wordnet

Etymology

From chill + blain, literally “cold sore”.

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