blinding

Verb

blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded or (nonstandard, humorous) blound)

1. (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
   • The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
2. (informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
   • If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
     Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
     Be handy and civil, and then you will find
     That it’s beer for the young British soldier.1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier
3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
   • He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night
     He knew not whither to direct his Sight.
     So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky,
     That the black Night receives a deeper Dye.1717, John Dryden, “Book XI. [The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 396
4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

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