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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. [1913 Webster] This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. [1913 Webster] The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. [1913 Webster] 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. [1913 Webster] 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. [1913 Webster] {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} (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}, 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} (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. [1913 Webster] Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. [1913 Webster] Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n. See {Blende}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. F. blindes, p?., fr. G. blende, fr. blenden to blind, fr. blind blind.] (Mil.) A blindage. See {Blindage}. [1913 Webster] 4. A halting place. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Blind From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: closed \closed\ adj. 1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: {blind}] Also See: {obstructed}, {sealed}, {shut}, {unopen}, {closed}. Antonym: {open}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints. {open} [WordNet 1.5] 3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially of doors. [Narrower terms: {fastened, latched}] Also See: {closed}. Antonym: {open}. Syn: shut, unopen. [WordNet 1.5] 4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of {open}. he sat quietly with closed eyes [Narrower terms: {blinking, winking}; {compressed, tight}; {squinched, squinting}] Syn: shut. [WordNet 1.5] 5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a closed shop. [prenominal] [WordNet 1.5] 6. closed with shutters. [WordNet 1.5] 7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot. [WordNet 1.5] 8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting. [WordNet 1.5] 9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas [WordNet 1.5] 10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch Syn: closed in(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] 11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map. Syn: folded. [WordNet 1.5] 12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower terms: {buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)}] [WordNet 1.5] 13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or business establishment. the airport is closed because of the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted Syn: shut down. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: blind adj 1: unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan [syn: {blind}, {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 or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: {blind}, {unreasoning}] n 1: people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "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: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: {blind}, {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}, {blind}] v 1: render unable to see 2: make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" 3: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {blind}, {dim}] From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: blind blind From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Blind... /blint/ reactive From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: blind /blint/ 1. blind 2. blind From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: blind blind