Blind-hole. n. A rabbit hole which ends in undisturbed soil, as opposed to a Pop-hole, q.v. (Gamekeeper at Home, ch. vi. p. 120).—N.W.
Blind-house. A lock-up.
'1629. Item paied for makeing cleane the blind-house vijd.'—Records of Chippenham, p. 204.
Blind-man. Papaver Rhoeas, L., &c., the Red Poppy, which is locally supposed to cause blindness, if looked at too long.—S.W. (Hamptworth.)
*Blink. A spark, ray, or intermittent glimmer of light (A.B.). See Flunk.
*Blinking. This adjective is used, in a very contemptuous sense, by several Wilts agricultural writers.
'A short blinking heath is found on many parts [of the downs].'—Agric. of Wilts, ch. xii.
Compare:—
''Twas a little one-eyed blinking sort o' place.'—Tess of the D'Urbervilles, vol. i. p. 10.
*Blissey. A blaze (A.H.Wr.). A.S. blysige, a torch.