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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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| And during the campaign, they have turned a blind eye to deceitful mailers that distort the nature of the measure, as though it were simply good-government legislation. Up to now, an acquiescent media had turned a blind eye to marital infidelity among France's political class, but the book Sexus Politicus, by French journalists Dubois and Deloire broke the taboo, with the complicity of the politicians involved. HRC turned a blind eye to the Schiavo vote, and it may argue that Iraq and taxes are not "gay issues. |
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