BLINDNESS
Blind"ness, n.
Defn: State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See
Daltonism.
BLIND READER
Blind reader.
Defn: A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
BLINDSTORY
Blind"sto`ry, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.
BLINDWORM
Blind"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; — formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. Shak.
BLINK Blink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] Etym: [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. blican to shine, E. bleak. sq. root98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.]
1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope