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Poreblind

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of purblind. alt-of, obsolete

    "The man that is pore blinde, cannot ſee far from hym. And as to ioke on deth we be for the moſt part pore blinde all yͭ mayny: for we cannot ſee hym til he cõe [come] very nere vs. But theſe folk be not pore blynde but ſtarke blynde: for they cãnot ſee him when he commeth ſo nere, yͭ hee putteth almoſte his finger in theyr eye."

Etymology

See purblind; possibly the result of confusion of the first element pur- with poor, perhaps through folk etymology.

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