'Blind snake' definitions:

Definition of 'blind snake'

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noun
Wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes [syn: blind snake, worm snake]

Definition of 'Blind snake'

From: GCIDE
  • Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. [1913 Webster]
  • Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc.
  • Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
  • Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix).
  • Snake eater. (Zool.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird.
  • Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
  • Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax.
  • Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber.
  • Snake killer. (Zool.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock.
  • Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See Lycopodium.
  • Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up.
  • Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blind snake'

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]

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