noun.
Same as festue.
noun.
An ulcer; a rankling sore; a small purulent tumor; more particularly, a superficial suppuration resulting from irritation of the skin, the pus being developed in vesicles of irregular figure and extent.
noun.
The act of festering or rankling.
To become a fester; generate purulent matter, as a wound; suppurate; ulcerate.
To become corrupt; generate rottenness; rot.
To become more and more virulent; rankle, as a feeling of resentment or hatred.
To cause to fester: as, exposure festers a wound.
To cause to rankle, as a feeling of resentment.