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Definition of Stone-blind
1. Adjective. Completely blind.
Definition of Stone-blind
1. Adjective. Completely blind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone-blind
Literary usage of Stone-blind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"Two Canadian women, one stone blind, were put into the arms of Morpheus in a moment.
A young Englishwoman, a servant-maid, was frequently put to sleep, ..."
2. Passages from My Autobiography by Morgan (Sydney) (1859)
"... the king's first passion, and once the most beautiful woman in England: imagine
a dignified though infirm old lady, stone blind, led in! ..."
3. The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon (1865)
"... STONE BLIND. LORD BYRON'S valet (Mr. Fletcher) grievously excited his master's
ire by observing, while Byron was examining the remains of Athens, ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"The stone-blind archer makes trial of his arrows near swamps and solid ground,
near long farmyards. He shot a singly-feathered arrow aloft into the sky, ..."
5. The Romance of History: France by Leitch Ritchie (1831)
"The unfortunate stranger, who was stone-blind, but in other ... have mercy on
the stone- blind I" The king at length heard the cries, and, struck with his ..."
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