Blind
BLIND, adjective
1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation; not having sight.
2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects.
BLIND should be followed by to; but it is followed by of, in the phrase, blind of an eye.
3. Unseen; ; out of public view; private; dark; sometimes implying contempt or censure; as a blind corner.
4. Dark; obscure; not easy to be found; not easily discernible; as a blind path.
5. Heedless; inconsiderate; undeliberating.
This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation or blind reprobation.
6. In scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.
BLIND, verb transitive To make blind; to deprive of sight.
1. To darken; to obscure to the eye.
2. To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.
3. To darken or obscure to the understanding.
He endeavored to blind and confound the controversy.
4. To eclipse.
BLIND, or BLINDE, See [[Blend]], an ore.
BLIND, noun Something to hinder the sight.
Civility casts a blind over the duty.
1. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.
2. A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.