Both Uses of
fester
in
Cujo
- Ached and festered.†
*festered = (of an injury) became inflamed and created pus OR (generally) got worse -- especially through inattention
- Or maybe Dad could do something himself, like that time two years ago, when he had pulled the porcupine needles out of Cujo's muzzle with his pliers, working each quill first up, then down, then out, being careful not to break them off because they would fester in there.†
Definition:
to grow worse or more intense over time, especially when ignored; or, in the case of a wound, to become inflamed and filled with pus