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Webster 1913 Edition

Blindfold

Blind′foldˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blindfolded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Blindfolding
.]
[OE.
blindfolden
,
blindfelden
,
blindfellen
; AS.
blind
blind + prob.
fellan
,
fyllan
, to fell, strike down.]
To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.
And when they had
blindfolded
him, they struck him on the face.
Luke xxii. 64.

Blind′foldˊ

,
Adj.
Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless;
as,
blindfold
zeal;
blindfold
fury
.
Fate’s
blindfold
reign the atheist loudly owns.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Blindfold

BLINDFOLD

,
Adj.
[blind and fold.] Having the eyes covered; having the mental eye darkened.

BLINDFOLD

,
Verb.
T.
To cover the eyes; to hinder from seeing.

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