Webster's Dictionary 1913

3241

Bletonism

Ble″ton‐ism (�), n. The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; — so called from one Bleton, of France.

3242

Bletting

Blet″ting (�), n. A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

3243

Blew

Blew (�), imp. of Blow.

3244

Bleyme

Bleyme (�), n. [F. bleime.] (Far.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.

3245

Bleynte

Bleyn″te (�), imp. of Blench. Chaucer.

3246

Blickey

Blick″ey (�), n. [D. blik tin.] A tin dinner pail. Bartlett.

3247

Blight

Blight (blīt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Blighting.] [Perh. contr. from AS. blīcettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The meaning “to blight” comes ...

3248

Blight (2)

Blight, v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.

3249

Blight (3)

Blight, n. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; — applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether ...

3250

Blighting

Blight″ing, a. Causing blight.

3251

Blightingly

Blight″ing‐ly, adv. So as to cause blight.

3252

Blimbi

{ Blim″bi (�), Blim″bing } (�), n. See Bilimbi, etc.

3253

Blin

Blin (�), v. t. & i. [OE. blinnen, AS. blinnan; pref. be- + linnan to cease.] To stop; to cease; to desist. Spenser.

3254

Blin (2)

Blin, n. [AS. blinn.] Cessation; end.

3255

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...

3256

Blind (2)

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 cer...

3257

Blind (3)

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 ...

3258

Blind (4)

{ Blind, Blinde } (�), n. See Blende.

3259

Blind reader

Blind reader. A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.

3260

Blindage

Blind″age (�), n. [Cf. F. blindage.] (Mil.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.

3261

Blinder

Blind″er (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, blinds.2. (Saddlery) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.

3262

Blindfish

Blind″fish′ (�), n. A small fish (Amblyopsis spelæus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.

3263

Blindfold

Blind″fold′ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n.Blindfolding.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strik...

3264

Blindfold (2)

Blind″fold′, a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury.Fate's blindfold reign the atheis...

3265

Blinding

Blind″ing, a. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

3266

Blinding (2)

Blind″ing, n. A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.

3267

Blindly

Blind″ly, adv. Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.By his imperious mistress blindly led.Dryden.