FESTER, FESTERED, FESTERING
ADJECTIVES
► AMPERED poisoned, festered; decayed → 1885 Eng. dial.
► BEALED festered; infected; abscessed → 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CANKERED of a wound or sore: inflamed, festered; of the teeth: decayed → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ETTERING festering → 1822 Sc.
► MATTERATING festering, suppurating → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RANCOROUS of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating → 1660 obs.
► RANK corrupt, foul; festering → 1579
NOUNS
► DEG ► DEGG of a sore: to run, to ooze; to fester → 1859 Eng. dial.
► GAGGER a large, festering sore → 1866 Sc.
► RANCOURING suppuration, festering → 1567 obs.
► RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain → B1900 Eng. dial.
► RANKLE a festering sore → c1380 obs.
VERBS
► BEAL ► BEIL to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CANKER to fester → 1879 Eng. dial.
► ETTER to fester, to emit purulent matter → Bk1900 Sc.
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