- Sand-blind
- Sand-blind Sand"-blind`, a. [For sam blind half blind; AS. s[=a]m- half (akin to semi-) + blind.] Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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sand´-blind´ness — sand blind «SAND BLYND», adjective. Archaic. half blind; dim sighted; purblind. ╂[perhaps alteration of unrecorded Old English samblind < sām part, half + blind blind] –sand´ blind´ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
sand-blind — sandblindness, n. /sand bluynd /, adj. partially blind; dim sighted. [1350 1400; ME; alter. (assimilated to SAND) of OE *samblind half blind, equiv. to sam half (akin to SEMI ) + blind BLIND] * * * … Universalium
sand-blind — /ˈsænd blaɪnd/ (say sand bluynd) adjective Obsolete partially blind; dim sighted. {Middle English; alteration, by folk etymology, of *samblind, from Old English sām half (distantly related to Latin sēmi ) + blind} …
sand-blind — adjective having greatly reduced vision • Syn: ↑dim sighted, ↑near blind, ↑purblind, ↑visually impaired, ↑visually challenged • Similar to: ↑blind, ↑unsighted … Useful english dictionary
sand-blind — adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of *samblind, from Old English sam half (akin to Old High German sāmi half) + blind more at semi Date: 15th century having poor eyesight ; purblind … New Collegiate Dictionary
sand-blind — partially blind, having partial vision loss … English contemporary dictionary
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