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blind 1. done without being able to see, relying on instruments for information 2. (of cultivated plants) having failed to produce flowers or fruits 3. Poker a stake put up by a player before he examines his cards 4. Hunting chiefly US and Canadian a screen of brush or undergrowth, in which hunters hide to shoot their quarry www.eyecarefoundation.org blind [blīnd] (engineering) A solid disk inserted at a pipe joint or union to prevent the flow of fluids through the pipe; used during maintenance and repair work as a safety precaution. Also known as blank. (geology) Referring to a mineral deposit with no surface outcrop. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We do not call that toothless which has not teeth, or that blind which has not sight, but rather that which has not teeth or sight at the time when by nature it should. Caleb Plummer and his Blind Daughter lived all alone by themselves, as the Story-books say--and my blessing, with yours to back it I hope, on the Story-books, for saying anything in this workaday world He stopped a little from the inn, and raising his voice in an odd sing-song, addressed the air in front of him, "Will any kind friend inform a poor blind man, who has lost the precious sight of his eyes in the gracious defence of his native country, England--and God bless King George |
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