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Blinder   /blˈaɪndər/   Listen
Blinder

noun
1.
Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.  Synonyms: blinker, winker.



Blind

adjective
1.
Unable to see.  Synonym: unsighted.
2.
Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand.  "Blind to the consequences of their actions"
3.
Not based on reason or evidence.  Synonym: unreasoning.  "Blind faith" , "Unreasoning panic"



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"Blinder" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Coroner who spoke. He was nonplussed; and Mr. Gryce no less so. Never had either of them been confronted by a blinder or more bewildering case. An incomprehensible crime and a suspect it was impossible to associate with a deed of blood! There must be some other explanation of the mournful circumstance they were considering. There had been twenty ...
— The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow • Anna Katharine Green

... one man back from the Union, 'Conservatism' has kept ten. And the proof may be found that while in the West, as in the East, the better educated, more intelligent, and more energetic minds, have at once comprehended the necessities of the war, and dared the whole, 'call it Abolition or not,' the blinder and more illiterate, who were afraid of being 'called' Abolitionists, have kept back, or remained by ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various

... was blind, and the Bat was blinder, And they went to take tea with the Scissors-grinder. The Scissors-grinder had gone away Across the ocean to spend the day; But he'd tied his bell to the grapevine swing. The Bat and the Beetle heard it ring, And neither the Beetle nor Bat could see Why ...
— The Jingle Book • Carolyn Wells

... dejected old Indian pony, ears a-flop, placing one foot before the other with the extreme deliberation that characterized his every movement. Patty smiled as her eyes took in the details of the grotesque figure; the old harness bridle with patched reins and one blinder dangling, the faded gingham sunbonnet hanging at the back of the girl's neck, held in place by the strings knotted tightly beneath her chin, the misshapen calico dress caught over the saddle-horn in a manner that exposed the girl's bare legs to the knees, and the ...
— The Gold Girl • James B. Hendryx

... just nor manly to complain that the treaty-making power has produced this coercion to act. It is not the act or the despotism of that power—it is the nature of things that compels. Shall we, dreading to become the blind instruments of power, yield ourselves the blinder dupes of mere sounds of imposture? Yet that word, that empty word, coercion, has given scope to an eloquence that, one would imagine, could not be tired and did not ...
— The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) • Various


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