Bluffness

Bluntne ; brusquene of aspect or manner; as, bluffne of face. quently makes blunders; as, a "thick-skulled blunder head." - L'Estrange. Blun'dering, p. a. Moving or acting with blind precipitance; mistaking gro ly; stumbling. Blun'deringly, adv. In a blundering or stupid manner. Blunderville, in Kentucky, a village of Ballard co pop. 385. Blunging, (blunjing,) n. (Pottery.) See PLUNGING. Blunt, a. [Swed. and Goth. plump , dull, blockish; prob ably allied to the root of Gr. amblynō , to blunt, to make dull.] Dull on the edge or point; not sharp; as, a blunt knife. "Thanks to that beauty, which can give an edge to the blunted swords." - Sir P. Sidney. -Dull in understanding; obtuse; not quick. "I'll quickly cro , By some sly trick, blunt Thurio's dull proceeding." - Shaks. -Unpolished; brusque; unceremonious; abrupt in speech; rude; plain. "To use too many circumstances, ere one can come to the matter, is wearisome; to use none at all, is blunt." - Bacon . -Hard to penetrate; almost impenetrable. (R.) "I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impre ions."-Pope.