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ˈmoon-blind, a.
[Cf. Du. maanblind, G. mondblind.]
1. Of horses: Suffering from ‘moon-eye’; moon-eyed. Also used n. as the name of the disease.
1668Phil. Trans. III. 731, I had a very narrow escape from an excellent Horse which had that only defect, which they call Moon-blind. 1689O. Heywood Diaries, etc. (1885) IV. 134 [The mare] was a very likely beast, but proved moon-blind. c1720W. Gibson in Compl. Farmer (1766) s.v. Blind Q 3/2 Most..foreign writers,..in treating the diseases of horses, have..reckoned the moon-blind symptoms as a peculiar disease of the eyes, without having any relation to a cataract. 1905Blackw. Mag. Jan. 66/1 Another horse..which was..moonblind—that is to say, he was more blind at certain times than at others.
2. fig. Of intellect: Purblind. ? Obs.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 211 We have to deal with a sort of moon-blind wits, who..may be said to renounce day-light, and extinguish..the bright visible outward world. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 39 The Professors of them [sc. metaphysics and logic] are Moon-blind Wits. 1757― Let. to Hurd 8 June (1809) 244 In full..confidence of the publick's being more than moon-blind, you gave them a key to the secret.
3. Suffering from blindness brought on by sleeping exposed to the moon's rays. Also used as n. (see quot. 1877).
1830Marryat King's Own xxii, It would be as well..to request the officer of the watch not to permit the men to sleep on the upper deck. We shall have many of them moon-blind. 1846S. Lee Afr. Wanderers xviii. (1854) 314 Soldiers who have been moon-blind for life. 1877R. I. Dodge Plains Gt. West v. 67 There is said to be [a] plains malady, which, however, I cannot vouch for. It is called ‘moon-blind’. The idea is that the full rays of the moon affect the eyes of a man sleeping exposed to them, so that he cannot see at night.
Hence ˈmoon-blindness.
c1720W. Gibson in Compl. Farmer (1766) s.v. Blind Q 4/1 Another kind of moon-blindness, which is also the fore-runners of cataracts. 1857Livingstone Trav. vi. 133 You may sleep out at night, looking up to the moon till you fall asleep, without a thought or sign of moon-blindness. 1894Hayes Among Men & Horses i. (ed. 2) 9. |