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Definition of Blunting
1. blunt [v] - See also: blunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blunting
Literary usage of Blunting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rabies and Hydrophobia: Their History, Nature, Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention by George Fleming (1872)
"blunting THE TEETH. It has been proposed to extract or blunt the canine teeth,
... Nevertheless, there are occasions which might justify the blunting of the ..."
2. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"... we have and what we hope for— The Christian heaven corresponds with the desire
felt for it on earth— The blunting of the finer faculties incapacitates ..."
3. Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters by Fanny Kemble (1890)
"... so many years of your life, is what constitutes to you the peculiar hardship
of the gradual blunting of your faculties of which you complain so sadly. ..."
4. Ethics of Literature by John A. Kersey (1894)
"... Over-virtuous Rake—The Holy Grail—Ambrosius and Percivale—The blunting and
Glancing and Shooting of Love—The Nun's Vision—Lancelot's Bastard Galahad—The ..."
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