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BLIND, a.

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, v.t. To make blind; to deprive of sight.

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, n. Something to hinder the sight.

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.



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BLIND, a.

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, v.t. To make blind; to deprive of sight.

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, n. Something to hinder the sight.

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.

BLIND, a. [Sax. blind; Ger. D. Sw. and Dan. blind; Sax. blendan, to blend and to blind. This is the same word as blend, and was so written by Spenser. See Blend. Obscurity is from mixture.]

  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. – Hooker.
  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 nor to blind reprobation. – Federalist, Jay.
  6. In Scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.

BLIND, n.

  1. Something to hinder the sight. Civility casts a blind over the duty. – L'Estrange.
  2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.
  3. A skreen; a cover; as, a blind for a window, or for a horse.

BLIND, v.t.

  1. To make blind; to deprive of sight.
  2. To darken; to obscure to the eye. Such darkness blinds the sky. – Dryden.
  3. To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.
  4. To darken or obscure to the understanding. He endeavored to blind and confound the controversy. – Stillingfleet.
  5. To eclipse. – Fletcher.

Blind
  1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

    He that is strucken blind can not forget
    The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
    Shak.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.
  4. See Blende.
  5. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.

    But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,
    That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.
    Milton.

  6. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

    Her beauty all the rest did blind.
    P. Fletcher.

  7. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
  8. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.

    This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
    Jay.

  9. 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.

  10. A blindage. See Blindage.
  11. 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 ditch.
  12. 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.
  13. A halting place.

    [Obs.] Dryden.
  14. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.

    The blind mazes of this tangled wood.
    Milton.

  15. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
  16. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
  17. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.

    Blind 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 (Zoöl.), 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 window, under Blank, a. -- 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 (Zoöl.), 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.

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Blind

BLIND, adjective

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 transitive To make blind; to deprive of sight.

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 Something to hinder the sight.

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.

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