PURBLIND

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight." Shak.

2.
a.

Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. Tennyson. -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.