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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Blunt

Blūnt, a.

adjective

a. [Cf. Prov. Ger. bludde, a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde, Sw. & Icel. blunda, to sleep.]

  1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. “The murderous knife was dull and blunt.” Shak.
  2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment. “His wits are not so blunt.” Shak.
  3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. “Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior.” “A plain, blunt man.” Shak.
  4. Hard to penetrate. [Rare.] I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. Pope.

Blŭnt, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BLUNTED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLUNTING.]

Sense 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker. “Blunt his natural edge.” Shak.

Sense 2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force of, as of any passion which affects the mind, or of any evil or good which affects the body; as, to blunt the edge of pain or of suffering.

He marks the bounds, which Winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury. Cowper.

Blūnt, n.

noun

n. Money. [Cant.] Wright.