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thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. The murderous knife was dull and blunt. Shak.

Dull; stupid. Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak.

Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.

In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.

of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland.

To blunt. [Obs.] To abate the edge of envy. Bacon.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

n instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n.

A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] "To fight with blunt bastons." Holland.

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak.

Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. Wright.

Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. "Bluff King Hal." Sir W. Scott. There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise. I. Taylor.

A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope.

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart. Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. Sir W. Scott. A fool's bolt is soon shot. Shak.

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. Isa. i. 6.…

Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; hluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.

The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt. But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.

copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Writting also calque]