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purblind
(encz) | purblind,slabozraký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Purblind
(gcide) | Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind.
See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.]
1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight."
--Shak.
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2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
purblind eye; a purblind mole.
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The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
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O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. --
Pur"blind`ness, n.
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purblind
(wn) | purblind
adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, {near-
blind}, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired,
visually challenged]
2: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the
implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that
flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the
dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse, purblind] |
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purblind
(encz) | purblind,slabozraký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Purblindly
(gcide) | Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind.
See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.]
1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
purblind eye; a purblind mole.
[1913 Webster]
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. --
Pur"blind`ness, n.
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Purblindness
(gcide) | Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind.
See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.]
1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
purblind eye; a purblind mole.
[1913 Webster]
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. --
Pur"blind`ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
purblind
(wn) | purblind
adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, {near-
blind}, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired,
visually challenged]
2: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the
implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that
flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the
dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse, purblind] |
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