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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blind \Blind\, a. [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 blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 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. --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 ditch. 5. 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 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. (Hort.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a small harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[ae]}, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n. See {Blende}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blind \Blind\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blind \Blind\, n. 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?., fr G. blende, fr blenden to blind, fr blind blind.] (Mil.) A blindage. See {Blindage}. 4. A halting place [Obs.] --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blind adj 1: unable to see [syn: {unsighted}] [ant: {sighted}] 2: unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" 3: not based on reason on evidence; "blind hatred"; "unreasonable expectations" [syn: {unreasoning}, {unreasonable}] 4: without preparation or forethought or knowledge; "a blind attempt"; "a blind purchase" 5: not easily seen or noticed; "blind stitching" [syn: {undetectable}] 6: closed at one end "a blind alley" 7: slang for `drunk' [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto}, {crocked}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly}, {tiddley}, {tight}, {tipsy}, {wet}] n 1: people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind" 2: a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" 3: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: {screen}] 4: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" [syn: {subterfuge}] v 1: render unable to see 2: make blind by putting the eyes out "The criminals were punished and blinded" [syn: {excecate}] 3: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {dim}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Blind Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).
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