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Blind Blinda Blindado Blindar Blindazh Blinden Blinder Blink Blitz
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients


~ BLIND     id+ | IN SHADE or NO LIGHT
^u          id+ | NO EYESIGHT or
                  NO MENTAL SIGHT |
            med> see> AMAUROSIS
            opp  see> VISION
            sp   CIEGO =  BLIND
            med> CECUM or BLIND INTESTINE
            cont> see> AMAUROSIS
~ BLINDA    ukr for EYELID  EYE FLAP or BLINKER
~ BLINDADO  id+ | ARMORED or SHIELDED |
~ BLINDAR   sp for TO WRAP IN STEEL or ARMOR
~ BLINDAZH  ukr for ARMOR
~ BLINDEN   ger for TO BLIND
~ BLINDER   id+ | WHAT OBSTRUCTS SIGHT VIEW VISION |
            id+ | EYELID  EYEFLAP |
~ BLINK     id+ | FAST FLICKER |
            id+ | FLICKER  FLASH  TWINKLE |
            id+ | GLIMSE GLANCE or
                  TO SEE BRIEFLY |
            med> FAST MOTION OF EYELIDS
            lit+ "|N A BLINK OF AN EYE"
~ BLITZ     id+ | INSTANT |
            implies BLINK
  note that some experts propose links with ideas in
  BLENCH BLEACH BLANCH as if TO ERASE
  and less convincingly links with ideas in
  FAST INSTANT suggestive of TO DECEIVE akin to
  WINK but the above is somewhat unconvincing
  cont> see> BLUNT  BLUNDER
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