subs. (common).—Erysipelas in the face.

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  Verb (low).—To curse; to damn: e.g., BLAST ME! BLAST YOU! BLAST YOUR EYES! etc.

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  1654.  CHAPMAN, Revenge for Honour, v., ii.

          Abr.  And thus I kiss’d my last breath. BLAST YOU ALL!
  Ta.  Damn’d desperate villain!

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  1752.  FIELDING, Amelia, x., v. ‘I don’t know what you mean by ominous,’ cries the colonel; ‘but, BLAST MY REPUTATION, if I had received such a letter, if I would not have searched the world to have found the writer.’

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  1759.  GOLDSMITH, The Citizen of the World, lett., 105. ‘BLAST ME!’ cries Tibbs, ‘if that be all, there is no need of paying for that.’

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  1772.  BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 20. Yet, BLAST MY EYES! if I don’t whack him.

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  1824.  SCOTT, St. Ronan’s Well, viii. ‘Hands, Captain MacTurk!’ exclaimed Sir Bingo, in some confusion; ‘no, BLAST HIM—not so bad as that neither.’

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