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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Blur

Blŭr, n.

noun

n. [See infra.] 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper, or other substance.

As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. Fuller.

Sense 2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

Sense 3. A blot, stain, or injury, as to character, &c.; an obscuring or confusing.

Which . . . leaves a deep blur upon their evidences for heaven. Hopkins.

Blŭr, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BLURRED (blŭrd); p. pr. & vb. n. BLURRING.] [Probably contracted from Scot. bludder, bluther, to blot, disfigure; Sw. pluttra, plottra, to scrawl, scribble.] 1. To obscure by a dark spot, or in any manner, without quite effacing. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. Shak.

  1. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. “Her eyes are blurred with the lightning’s glare.” Drake.
  2. To sully; to stain; to blemish; as, to blur reputation.

Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras. Syn.—To spot; blot; disfigure; disgrace; stain; sully; blemish.