Blind
Blind ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon; akin to Dutch, German, Old Saxon, Swedish, & Danish blind, Icelandic blindr, Gothic blinds; of uncertain origin.]
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.
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 defects.
But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,
That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.
3.
Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
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 ditch.
5.
Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
The blind mazes of this tangled wood.
6.
Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
7.
Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
8.
(Horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.
Collocations (14)
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 (Zoology) , 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 or Blind window , an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or Blank 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 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 (Zoology) , a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopida, with rudimentary eyes.
Blind spot (Anatomy) , 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 ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
1.
To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.
To blind the truth and me.
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is... a much greater.
2.
To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.
Her beauty all the rest did blind.
3.
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
Such darkness blinds the sky.
The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
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 ({not transcribed}) , 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.
(Military) A blindage. See Blindage.
4.
A halting place. [Obsolete] — Dryden
Blind ({not transcribed}) , noun
See Blende.
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