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v. t. 1. To cause to blunder. [ Obs. ] “To blunder an adversary.” Ditton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

He blunders and confounds all these together. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Blunder, Error, Mistake, Bull. An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Either fr. blunder + D. bus tube, box, akin to G. büchse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun, musket. ] 1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is apt to blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blunder + head. ] A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by blunders. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blundering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from plunger. ] A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi&unr_;ing the clay in potteries; a plunger. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind. ] 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The murderous knife was dull and blunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wits are not so blunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. “Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior.” “A plain, blunt man.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting. ] 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fencer's foil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Money. [ Cant ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. made dull or blunt.
Syn. -- dulled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. reduced in force or effectiveness. [ PJC ]

a. Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of sharpness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. “Bluntness of speech.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dull; stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. sub + lunar, or lunary: cf. F. sublunaire. ] Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

All things sublunary are subject to change. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. South. [ 1913 Webster ]