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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blindfold
       adj : wearing a blindfold [syn: {blindfolded}]
       n : a cloth used to cover the eyes
       v : cover the eyes of (someon)e to prevent him from seeing; "the
           hostage was blindfolded and driven away"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "blindfold":
     bandage, bedazzle, benight, blind, blind the eyes, blinders,
     blinds, blinkers, darken, daze, dazzle, deprive of sight, dim,
     eclipse, excecate, eye patch, glare, gouge, hoodwink, make blind,
     obscure, snow-blind, strike blind
  
  

















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