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# A [[burn]] on the [[skin]] caused by [[excess]] [[exposure]] to heavy [[rain]]. |
# A [[burn]] on the [[skin]] caused by [[excess]] [[exposure]] to heavy [[rain]]. |
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#*: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like '''rainburn''' - but usually they had only two or three of them. |
#*: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like '''rainburn''' - but usually they had only two or three of them. |
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#* uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, '''May 31, 2002''' |
#* uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, '''May 31, 2002''' |
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#*: I have seen sunburn/windburn and ''''rainburn'''' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes. |
#*: I have seen sunburn/windburn and ''''rainburn'''' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes. |
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# {{context|chiefly Australian}} Emotional [[grief]] resulting from excessive [[rain]]s and [[flood]]ing. |
# {{context|chiefly Australian}} Emotional [[grief]] resulting from excessive [[rain]]s and [[flood]]ing. |
Revision as of 06:25, 8 January 2011
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "rain" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).. Compare (deprecated template usage) sunburn.
Noun
rainburn (plural rainburns)
- A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
- 2005, Martin Sketchley, Affinity Trap:
- He peered out, glancing at the sky. 'We'd better get under cover before it starts raining,' he said, breathing heavily. 'We don't want to get rainburn.'
- It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like rainburn - but usually they had only two or three of them.
- uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, May 31, 2002
- rec.games.frp, "Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory", Mark Grundy, Jun 13, 1991:
- I have seen sunburn/windburn and 'rainburn' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes.
- 2005, Martin Sketchley, Affinity Trap:
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chiefly Australian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Emotional grief resulting from excessive rains and flooding.