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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,250 words match “BLIN”

SAND-BLIND a.
Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. Shak.
SCABLING n.
A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]
SCAMBLINGLY adv.
In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.
SCRAMBLING a.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott.
SCRIBBLING a. 3 definitions
Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
SCRIBBLINGLY adv.
In a scribbling manner.
SCUMBLING n. 3 definitions
The color so laid on. Also used figuratively. Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless orchards. L. Wallace.
SEMBLING n.
The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
SHAMBLING a. 2 definitions
Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
SNOBLING n.
A little snob. [Jocose] Thackeray.
SNOW-BLIND a.
Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- Snow"-blind`ness, n.
STABLING n. 2 definitions
The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
STAR-BLIND a.
Half blind.
STOCK-BLIND a.
Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
STONE-BLIND a.
As blind as a stone; completely blind.
STUMBLING-BLOCK n.
Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error. We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 23.
STUMBLING-STONE n.
A stumbling-block. This stumbling-stone we hope to take away. T. Burnet.
STUMBLINGLY adv.
In a stumbling manner.
SUBLINEATION n.
A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.
SUBLINGUA n.
A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
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