Purblindness

Purblindness
Purblind 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. [1913 Webster]

2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. [1913 Webster]

The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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