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▪ I. blunt, n.2 slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |blʌnt|, U.S. |blənt|
[Short for Phillies Blunt, the proprietary name of a brand of cigar.]
A cigar whose wrapper has been emptied of tobacco and filled with marijuana.
1988‘Big Daddy Kane’ R.A.W. (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1992) 19 I'll smoke ya up like a blunt. 1995New Yorker 19 June 34/1 Someone's passing around a blunt, and its resinous fragrance wafts through the area. 2000W. Shaw Westsiders 163 You figure they'll mind if I fire up a blunt in here?
▪ II. blunt, a. and n.|blʌnt|
Also 3 Orm. blunnt, 5–6 blont.
[Etymology unknown: found in Ormin c 1200, in a sense which has suggested some connexion with ON. blunda to doze, blunda augum to shut the eyes, blundr dozing, sleep (Vigfusson). It has been proposed to explain the form as a contracted pa. pple. for blunded, blund, ON. blundað, blundat; but pa. pples. in -nt from -nd are not found so early as 1200; Ormin has none. And this would hardly give the required sense, since blunda was intransitive in ON., and the pple. could hardly exist there. Other suggestions are that blunt might be some kind of side-form of blind, or a nasalized deriv. of an OTeut. root *blut-, whence ON. blaut soft, weak, mod.G. blosz naked, Fris. blat, bleat naked, OE. bléat wretched. But in the present state of the question these are mere conjectures, having no contact with the history of the word.]
A. adj.
1. Dull, insensitive, stupid, obtuse: said, it appears, originally of the sight, whence of the perceptions generally, and the intellect. (Now generally with some antithesis to sharp, as in sense 2.)
c1200Ormin 16954 Unnwis mann iss blunnt, & blind Off herrtess eȝhe sihhþe. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 176 Such a burre myȝt make myn herte blunt. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋649 Undevocioun thurgh which a man is so blunt, and..hath such a langour in soule, that he may neyther rede ne synge in holy chirche. c1440Promp. Parv. 41 Blunt of wytte, hebes. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 319 Others, who of ordinarie are borne blunt and void of iudgement. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. x. 47 All were his earthly eien both blunt and bad And through great age had lost their kindly sight. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, Induct. 18 The blunt Monster, with vncounted heads, The still discordant, wauering Multitude. 1766Johnstone in Phil. Trans. LVII. 125 The feelings are by no means acute, but blunt and confused. 1824Campbell Love & Madn. 30 Ill can your blunter feelings guess the pain. 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. iii. i. §3 They are but the blunt and the low faculties of our nature.
2. a. Of an angle, edge, or point: Not sharp, obtuse. Of a tool or weapon: Without edge or point. spec. blunt instrument, a loose term covering any large, heavy object that might be used as a murder weapon; transf., a crude threat.
For this notion blunt is now the proper word; and this is also now the leading literal sense, which tends to influence the other senses.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xviii. (1495) 426 The capon is more cowarde of herte..his spores ben made blonte. c1440Promp. Parv. 41 Blunt of edge. 1530Palsgr. 306/2 Blont nat sharpe, rabatu, agasse. 1562Turner Herbal ii. M iij a The poyntes of the leues wer blunter. 1594Blundevil Exerc. ii. (ed. 7) 119 The middle letter doth alwayes signifie the angle propounded, bee it right, sharpe, or blunt. 1611Bible Eccles. x. 10 If the yron be blunt. 1753Scots Mag. June 280/1 A blunt pencil. 1885Where Chineses Drive 140 The hatchet was too blunt to be of any service. 1923D. L. Sayers Whose Body? vi. 147 The blow..had been made with a heavy, blunt instrument. 1966Observer 13 Nov. 6/7 He chided the Government for using words like ‘freeze’ as blunt instruments.
b. transf. to the effect.
1656Cowley Davideis iv. 144 Its least and bluntest stroke.
c. fig.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 210 Great diffrence betweene blounte woordes and sharp swoordes. 1635Quarles Embl. v. (1718) 311 Lord, whet my dull, my blunt belief. 1831P. Heidiger Didon. ix. 270 Invention's blade is made sharper, and not blunter, by much use.
†3. Barren, bare. Obs.
1553Douglas æneis (ed. 1710) xiii. vi. 227 The large plains..Stude blunt [MSS. & ed. 1874, blowt] of beistis and of treis bare. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xi. 9 Merchants..Arrived in this isle though bare & blunt T' inquire for slaves. 1599Porter Angry Wom. Abingd. (1841) 22 Our blunt soyle offords none such.
†4.
a. Rude, unpolished, rough, without refinement. Obs. or arch.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. vii. in Ashm. (1652) 106 In English blunt and rude. 1513Douglas æneis i. Prol. 314 Thocht myne be blunt his [Vergil's] text is maist perfyte. 1530Palsgr. 306/2 Blont in maners or rude—rude. 1655Fuller Hist. Camb. (1840) 152 This blunt preaching was in those dark days admirably effectual. 1702Pope Jan. & May 742 Tho' not in phrase refin'd; Tho' blunt my tale. c1760Smollett Ode to Indep. 57 He steel'd the blunt Batavian's arms. 1826Scott Woodst. viii, His demeanour was so blunt as sometimes might be termed clownish.
†b. Rough, harsh; unfeeling, unsparing. Obs.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 884 The blunt boar, rough bear or lion proud. 1593― 3 Hen. VI, v. i. 86 Trowest thou..that Clarence is so harsh, so blunt, vnnaturall?
5. Abrupt of speech or manner; plain-spoken; curt; without delicacy; unceremonious.
1590Greene Neuer too late (1600) 51 One blunt fellow amongst the rest that was plaine and without falshood, told her the whole cause. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. vii. 185 By his blunt bearing he will keepe his word. 1635K. Long Barclay's Argenis (1636) B iv a, A rude and blunt people, wont to call a Figge a Figge, and a Boat a Boat. 1704Pope Ess. Crit. 577 Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xiii. (1824) 606 Be pretty blunt with them if they want to come in here. 1865Trollope Belton Est. iii. 27 He was blunt in his bearing, saying things which her father would have called indelicate and heartless. 1871Dixon Tower III. xxviii. 312 The blunt and earnest speaker..was Cromwell.
6. Comb., chiefly parasynthetic, as blunt-angled, blunt-edged, blunt-ended, blunt-featured, blunt-fingered, blunt-headed, blunt-hearted, blunt-nosed, blunt-pointed, blunt-sighted, blunt-topped, blunt-witted; adverbial, as blunt-spoken; blunt-file, a file with very little taper; blunt head, a snake belonging to the family Amblycephalidæ; blunt-hook, a surgical instrument used in midwifery; blunt-point, a tool used in aquatinting; blunt-sharp a., sharp but not pointed with malice; † blunt-worker, a blunderer; † blunt-working, blundering.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. ii. xiii, A *blunte angeled triangle.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 312/2 *Blunt-edged bills.
1916Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 232 MacCann's flushed *bluntfeatured face.
1858A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 440 Veronica triphyllos. *Blunt-fingered Speedwell.
1869Gillmore tr. Figuier's Reptiles & Birds (1870) 51 The Amblycephalidæ, or *Blunt Heads comprise a few species of moderate or small size.
1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 61 A selfish husband, at once sharp-witted and *blunt-hearted.
1772Forster in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 151 The common *blunt-nosed Sturgeon of Germany.
1834Penny Cycl. II. 203/2 Every line of the design is..gone over with an instrument called a *blunt point.
1881Trans. Obstetr. Soc. XXII. 37 A curved, *blunt-pointed bistoury. 1937Discovery Jan. 13/2 A straight-rooted, blunt-pointed tooth.
1613Hayward Norm. Kings 150 Colomannus the eldest, who was lame, bunch-backed, crab-faced, *blunt-sighted.
1662Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 464 Excellent at *blunt-sharp jests, and perchance sometimes too tart in true ones.
1878Black Green Past. iv. 34 Something more than *blunt-spoken..a trifle too anxious to tread on people's corns.
1908E. Step Wayside Ferns 108 *Blunt-topped Horsetail. Equisetum pratense. 1963Times 25 May 9/6 The hills are old and blunt-topped.
1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 210 *Blunt-witted Lord, ignoble in demeanor.
c1440Promp. Parv. 41 Blunderer or *blunt warkere, hebefactor.
Ibid. Blunderynge, or *blunt warkynge, hebefaccio.
B. n.
†1. A blunt sword for fencing, a foil. Obs.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Fer. Batre le fer, to play at blunt, or at foyles. 1694Sir W. Hope Swordsm. Vade Mec. 25 The only Safe and Secure Play, with either Blunts or Sharpes.
2. A size or make of needle.
1833J. Holland Manuf. Metals II. 360 The latter [needles with broken points] are generally repointed as blunts. 1862Morrall Needle Making 39 The Blunts are half a size thicker and a size shorter than Betweens, and have still stronger points, being suited for the heaviest work, such as bed-ticks, shoe-binding, stay-making, etc.
3. slang. Ready money.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Blunt, money. 1823Scott in Lockhart (1839) VII. 99, I will remit the blunt immediately. 1838Dickens O. Twist 202/1, I must have some blunt from you to-night. a1845Hood Tale Trump. xx, You must fork out the blunt.
▪ III. blunt, v.
Also 4–5 blont.
[f. blunt a.]
1. trans. To dull, or make less sharp (an edge or point).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xliv. (1495) 568 Whan the egge of yren is dulled and blonted. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong s.v. Reboucher, To blunte the edge or point of a thing. 1596Drayton Legends i. 610 That Blade..Was too much blunted. 1713Swift Cadenus & V. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 3 Cupid now..blunts the point of ev'ry dart. a1860G. P. Morris Poems (ed. 15) 61 Let us by this gentle river Blunt the axe and break the quiver.
b. To weaken the sharpness of (anything acid or corrosive); to neutralize partially; to dilute.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 257 They operate by blunting the Acrimony of the Salts. 1771J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 48 To touch it with the mercurial Solution..blunted with common Water. 1787Winter Syst. Husb. 333 It did not effervesce in, nor blunt the acidity of vinegar.
c. intr. To become dull of edge or point.
1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 174 Its edges will never blunt. 1805Southey Madoc in W. vii, The flint-edge [will] blunt and break.
2. trans. To make dull (the feelings or faculties).
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 27 Blunt not his Loue..By seeming cold, or carelesse of his will. 1683Burnet tr. More's Utopia 49 Necessity and Poverty blunts them, makes them patient, and bears them down. 1835Sir J. Ross N.-W. Pass. xvii. 270 Our long conviction of the inevitable event had blunted those feelings. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt (1868) 20 The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities.
†3. to blunt out or blunt forth; to utter bluntly or abruptly. Obs. Cf. blurt.
a1535More Wks. (1557) 76/1 It were paradventure good rather to keepe a good silence thyself than blunt forth rudely. |