Definition of Purblend
Pur"blind` (?), a. [For pure-
blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and cf.
Poreblind.] 1. Wholly blind.
"Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight." Shak.
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing
obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind
mole.
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind.
Latimer.
O purblind race of miserable men.
Tennyson.
-- Pur"blind`ly, adv. --
Pur"blind`ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PURBLIND. Dim-sighted.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Partially blind.
- Lacking in discernment or understanding.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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