poreblind
English
Etymology
Probably influenced by pore (verb). See purblind.
Adjective
poreblind (comparative more poreblind, superlative most poreblind)
- (obsolete) near-sighted; short-sighted; purblind
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for poreblind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)