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STONE-BLIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stone-blind mean? 

STONE-BLIND (adjective)
  The adjective STONE-BLIND has 1 sense:

1. completely blindplay

  Familiarity information: STONE-BLIND used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STONE-BLIND (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Completely blind

Similar:

blind; unsighted (unable to see)


 Context examples 


"He is stone-blind," he said at last.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

By the second week, everyone knew perfectly well what was going on, yet everyone tried to look as if they were stone-blind to the changes in Jo's face.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They were on the top of the house—a great point with my aunt, being near the fire-escape—and consisted of a little half-blind entry where you could see hardly anything, a little stone-blind pantry where you could see nothing at all, a sitting-room, and a bedroom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Yes, he is stone-blind, is Mr. Edward."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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