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ˈsnow-blind, a.
Also snowblind.
[f. snow n.1 Cf. Du. sneeuw-, G. schnee-, Da. sne-, Sw. snöblind.]
Having the eyes or sight affected by exposure to the glare of snow. Also fig.
1748H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's Bay 189 [Indians] frequently become Snow-blind in the Spring of the Year. 1865Times 5 Feb., When the day at length dawned there was a thick fog, and I was rapidly becoming snow-blind. 1896Harper's Mag. 728/2 Every man in the party but myself was more or less severely snow-blind. 1946Dylan Thomas Deaths & Entrances 26 It is a winter's tale That the snow blind twilight ferries over the lakes.
So snow-blinded a.
1839–52Bailey Festus 316 As tired wanderer, snow⁓blinded, sinks And swoons upon the swelling drift. |