'Blind nettle' definitions:
Definition of 'Blind nettle'
From: GCIDE
- Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw. n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and {Urtica chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
- Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides); -- also called nettle tree.
- Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See under Hemp.
- Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of Lamium.
- False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles.
- Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
- Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
- nettle tree. (a) Same as Hackberry. (b) See Australian nettle (above).
- Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (Jatropha urens).
- Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. [1913 Webster]
- Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
- Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles.
- Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blind nettle'
From: GCIDE
- Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
- 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. [1913 Webster]
- He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. [1913 Webster]
- But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. [1913 Webster]
- This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. [1913 Webster]
- The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. [1913 Webster]
- Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight.
- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night.
- Blind cat (Zool.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.
- Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds.
- Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or Blank window, under Blank, a.
- Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight.
- Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.
- Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.
- Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift.
- Blind snake (Zool.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopid[ae], with rudimentary eyes.
- Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.
- Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
- Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall. [1913 Webster]