Part 1196

<hw>Blind"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>blindage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.</def>

<h1>Blinder</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, blinds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld> <def>One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.</def>

<h1>Blindfish</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"fish`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small fish (<spn>Amblyopsis spel\'91us</spn>) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.</def>

<h1>Blindfold</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"fold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blindfolded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blindfolding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blindfolden</ets>, <ets>blindfelden</ets>, <ets>blindfellen</ets>; AS. <ets>blind</ets> blind + prob. <ets>fellan</ets>, <ets>fyllan</ets>, to fell, strike down.]</ety> <def>To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.</def>

<blockquote>And when they had <b>blindfolded</b> him, they struck him on the face. <i>Luke xxii. 64.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blindfold</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"fold`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; <as>as, <ex>blindfold</ex> zeal; <ex>blindfold</ex> fury.</as></def>

<blockquote>Fate's <b>blindfold</b> reign the atheist loudly owns. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blinding</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; <as>as, <ex>blinding</ex> tears; <ex>blinding</ex> snow.</as></def>

<h1>Blinding</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See <er>Blind</er>, <i>v. t.</i>, 4.</def>

<h1>Blindly</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.</def>

<blockquote>By his imperious mistress <b>blindly</b> led. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blindman's buff</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"man's buff"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Buff</er> a buffet.]</ety> <def>A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is.</def>

<blockquote>Surely he fancies I play at <b>blindman's buff</b> with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. <i>Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blindman's holiday</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind`man's hol"i*day</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The time between daylight and candle light.</def> <mark>[Humorous]</mark>

<h1>Blindness</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blind"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<cs><col>Color blindness</col>, <cd>inability to distinguish certain color. See <er>Daltonism</er>.</cd></cs>