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Webster 1913 Edition
Blind
Blind
,Adj.
[AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan.
blind
, Icel. blindr
, Goth. blinds
; of uncertain origin.] 1.
Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.
He that is strucken
The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
blind
can not forgetThe precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
Shakespeare
2.
Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge;
as, authors are
. blind
to their own defectsBut hard be hardened,
That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.
blind
be blinded more,That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.
Milton.
3.
Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
This plan is recommended neither to
blind
approbation nor to blind
reprobation. Jay.
4.
Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed;
as, a
. blind
path; a blind
ditch5.
Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
The
blind
mazes of this tangled wood. Milton.
6.
Having no openings for light or passage;
as, a
; open only at one end; blind
wallas, a
. blind
alley; a blind
gut7.
Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible;
as, a
; illegible; blind
passage in a bookas,
. blind
writing8.
(Hort.)
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit;
as,
. blind
buds; blind
flowersBlind alley
, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
– Blind axle
, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion.
Knight.
– Blind beetle
, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night.
– Blind cat
(Zool.)
, a species of catfish (
– Gronias nigrolabris
), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. Blind coal
, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
Simmonds.
– Blind door
, Blind window
an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See
– Blank door
or Blank window
, under Blank
, Adj.
Blind level
(Mining)
, a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon.
Knight.
– Blind nettle
(Bot.)
, dead nettle. See
– Dead nettle
, under Dead
. Blind shell
(Gunnery)
, a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.
– Blind side
, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger.
Swift.
– Blind snake
(Zool.)
, a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family
– Typhlopidæ
, with rudimentary eyes. Blind spot
(Anat.)
, the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.
– Blind tooling
, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; – called also
– blank tooling
, and blind blocking
. Blind wall
, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
Blind
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blinded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blinding
.] 1.
To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.
“To blind the truth and me.” Tennyson.
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that
blinds
those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. South.
2.
To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.
Her beauty all the rest did
blind
. P. Fletcher.
3.
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
Such darkness
blinds
the sky. Dryden.
The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to
blind
and confound. Stillingfleet.
4.
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Blind
,Noun.
1.
Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
2.
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
3.
[Cf. F.
blindes
, p[GREEK]., fr. G. blende
, fr. blenden
to blind, fr. blind
blind.] (Mil.)
A blindage. See
Blindage
. 4.
A halting place.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blind
BLIND
,Adj.
1.
Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation;not having sight.2.
Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects.Blind should be followed by to; but it is followed by of, in the phrase,blind of an eye.
3.
Unseen;; out of public view; private; dark; sometimes implying contempt or censure; as a blind corner.4.
Dark; obscure; not easy to be found; not easily discernible; as a blind path.5.
Heedless; inconsiderate; undeliberating.This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation or blind reprobation.
6.
In scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.BLIND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To darken; to obscure to the eye.Such darkness blinds the sky.
2.
To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.3.
To darken or obscure to the understanding.He endeavored to blind and confound the controversy.
4.
To eclipse.BLIND
, or BLINDE, See Blend, an ore.BLIND
,Noun.
Civility casts a blind over the duty.
1.
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.2.
A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.