2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.

Blunt"-wit`ted (&?;), n. Dull; stupid.

Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor!

Shak.

Blur (blûr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurred (blûrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear.] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.

But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor

Which then he wore.

Shak.

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