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blindfold \blind"fold`\, n.
a flexible object placed over the eyes to prevent seeing;
usually a strip of cloth wrapped around the head so as to
cover the eyes.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blindfolded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Blindfolding}.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden,
blindfellen; AS. blind blind prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell,
strike down.]
To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from
seeing.
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And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on
the face. --Luke xxii.
64.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, a.
Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye
darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal;
blindfold fury.
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Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns.
--Dryden.
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