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blinding [′blīn·diŋ] (engineering) A thin layer of lean concrete, fine gravel, or sand that is applied to a surface to smooth over voids in order to provide a cleaner, drier, or more durable finish. A layer of small rock chips applied over the surface of a freshly tarred road. (mining engineering) Interference with the functioning of a screen mesh by a matting of fine materials during screening. Also known as blocking; plugging. 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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| Now works its iron will, the startled sand Blinding the combatants together locked In the death-grip; while hill and vale and stream Glow with the flash and crash of arms. In Packingtown the fertilizer is pure, instead of being a flavoring, and instead of a ton or so spread out on several acres under the open sky, there are hundreds and thousands of tons of it in one building, heaped here and there in haystack piles, covering the floor several inches deep, and filling the air with a choking dust that becomes a blinding sandstorm when the wind stirs. Poligny and Debienne, we had been so nicely steeped"--Moncharmin's style is not always irreproachable-- "had no doubt ended by blinding my imaginative and also my visual faculties. |
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