单词 | spurblind |
释义 | † spurblindadj. Obsolete. = purblind adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision darkOE dima1220 bissona1250 murka1300 mistedc1450 obfuscatec1487 spurblind1508 sand-blind1538 dim-sighted1561 blinking1568 dimmed1590 weak-sighteda1591 purblind1592 sand-eyed1592 thick-eyed1598 left-eyed1609 mole-eyed1610 blindish1611 mole-sighted1625 sanded1629 veiled1633 weak-eyed1645 scotomatical1656 mole-blinda1660 swimming1697 wavering1842 foggy1847 scotomatous1866 clouding1868 wall-eyed1873 α. figurative.1611 G. Chapman May-day in Wks. (1873) II. 370 O spur~blind affection.1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 12 Now if these spurre-blind Peasants could but see How much themselues they blemish and disgrace.β. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cv There may be many impedimentes in the eye, as a blered eye,..spore blynde, gogyl eyes.1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) i. xlvi. 79 b He was deformed in his face, spoore blynde of his eyes, and exceading couetous of riches.1508 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria (W. de W.) B j b Luscus, spurblynde. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 4v They be spurre blynd and sande blynd, they can not see so farre. 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao ii. ii Madame, I craue pardon, I am spur~blind, I could scarce see. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. vii. 552 And such as flattered Dionisius, in his owne presence did run and iustle one another,..to inferre; that they were as short-sighted or spur-blinde, as he was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1508 |
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