Her poor chilblained hands. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His hands turned red and chilblained from the water into which the potatoes dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
He had a length of heavy blue cloth across the saddle before him and was smoothing it lovingly with one chilblained hand. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Today he could not imagine such heat; he knew by the time they reached Branton, his fingers and toes would be chilblained. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
He turned the page of the newspaper, the man opposite me at the table, his lips moving again as his chilblained finger stopped at a line of print. From Wordnik.com. [Northlight]
The inevitable coughs and colds of winter, the chilblained hands and heels, kept him busy replenishing the medicine cupboard in the infirmary, and thanks to the necessary brazier his timber workshop was somewhat warmer to work in than the carrels of the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Miss Milton took the books into her chilblained protection. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral] Reference
Could he sit all day on the stone pavement and hold out his chilblained hand for soldi?. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
From the same cause, myself as well as several of my people, had fingers and toes chilblained. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14] Reference
From the same cause, the captain himself and several of his people had their fingers and toes chilblained. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods] Reference
She had felt the cruel blasts of the winter winds upon her chilblained feet, for she had never known the luxury of shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the Storm Country] Reference
Lady Byron must be a precise and a wan, unwarming spirit, a blue-stocking of chilblained learning, a piece of insensitive goodness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time] Reference
No, we had to squeeze our throbbing, aching, chilblained feet into them, causing greater pain than toothache, and hurry out to chores. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Boyhood and Youth] Reference
But it was so bitter cold it was only possible to get one, maybe two skeins photographed before scurrying back inside for a warm up and to take notes with chilblained fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Knitting Iris] Reference
The almost universal impression produced by his book is, that Lady Byron must be a precise and a wan, unwarming spirit, a blue-stocking of chilblained learning, a piece of insensitive goodness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Byron Vindicated]
We stand here on our own chilblained feet, without apology and without genuflection.”. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
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