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ˈblunting, vbl. n. [f. blunt v. + -ing1.] The action of making or of becoming blunt; anything in which this action is realized.
1611Cotgr., Espointement, an vnpointing; a blunting; a breaking the point of. 1656Artif. Handsomeness 72 Not impediments or bluntings, but rather as Whetstones, to set an edge on our desires. 1870Eng. Mech. 7 Jan. 397/2 We..remarked this blunting of the..horn. |