blunt (blunt)

[ A le deadly sword, of which he carefully blunted the point and edge. Macaulay, Add is on. Knowledge neither blunts the point of the lance, nor weakens the arm that wields a knightly sword. Ticknor , Span. Lit., I. 334. 2. To weaken or deaden, as appetite, desire, or power of the mind; impair the force, keenne , or susceptibility of. IMG:content-2236.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2237.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To dim the perception or susceptibility of; make dull or insensible to impre ion: as, blur red eyesight; to blur the judgment. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. N. Drake. To blur out, to efface. We saw forked flashes once and again.. lighting up the valleys for a moment, and leaving the darkne blacker as the storm blurred out the landscape forty miles J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 228. away. To blur over, to obscure by a blur; put out of sight. II. in trans. To make blurs in writing.