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B — Blaze to Bludgeon (Part 4 of 11)

Blind, v. a.

    1. Make blind, deprive of sight.
    2. Hoodwink, blindfold.

Blind, n.

    1. Screen, cover, shade, curtain.
    2. Blinder, blinker.
    3. Concealment, disguise, pretext, misleader, pretence, ruse, feint, stratagem.

Blind-alley, n. Cul-de-sac.

Blind-coal, n. Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal.

Blinder, n. Blind, blinker.

Blindfold, v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage over the eyes).

Blindfold, a.

    1. Blinded (by a bandage over the eyes), blindfolded.
    2. Blind, headlong, rash, heedless, inconsiderate.

Blindman’s-buff, n. Hoodman-blind, blind-man-buff.

Blindside, n. Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak point.

Blink, n.

    1. Glance, glimpse, sight, view, wink.
    2. Glimmer, gleam, sheen, shimmer, twinkle.

Blink, v. n.

    1. Wink, nictitate, nictate, see obscurely.
    2. Flicker, flutter, intermit, shine fitfully, twinkle, glitter, gleam.