Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blindfold"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on
the face. --Luke xxii.
64.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, a.
Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye
darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal;
blindfold fury.
Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns.
--Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blindfold
adj : wearing a blindfold [syn: {blindfolded}]
n : a cloth used to cover the eyes
v : cover the eyes of someone to prevent him from seeing
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