Definition of blunt

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Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil.

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Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle..
Stubbed :: Stubbed (a.) Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp..
Downright :: Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles..
Hebetate :: Hebetate (a.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
Retund :: Retund (v. t.) To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence..
Stub :: Stub (n.) The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
Unedge :: Unedge (v. t.) To deprive of the edge; to blunt.
Antaphrodisiac :: Antaphrodisiac (a.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.
Djerrid :: Djerrid (n.) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil..
Bluntly :: Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..
Stub :: Stub (n.) A pen with a short, blunt nib..
Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..
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