ppl. a. [f. BLIND v. and sb. + -ED1.]
1. Made blind, deprived of sight or light.
1596. Spenser, Astroph., Thest., 134. The blinded archer-boy.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 198. Each eye … In blinded slumber closes.
2. fig. Having the understanding darkened; deluded; deceived, benighted, foolish.
1535. Coverdale, Numb. xiv. 44. They were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine.
1558. Knox, First Blast (Arb.), 49. The approbation and consent of a blinded multitude.
1660. Baxter, Call Unconv., Pref. Thou art a blinded Atheist.
1826. Scott, Woodst. (1832), 178. The blinded Papists.
3. With the window-blinds drawn down.
1709. Addison, Tatler, No. 120, ¶ 5. I found the Windows were blinded.
1876. Miss Yonge, Womankind, xxx. 267. The drawing-room is left blinded and tenantless.
4. Provided with blindages.
1877. Daily News, 22 Oct., 6/1. Its summit was surrounded with breastworks, ditches, rifle-pits, and blinded batteries.
1884. Gen. Gordon, Lett., 24 Aug., in Standard, 24 Feb. (1885), 5/7. Our steamers are blinded and bullet-proof.
