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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
     OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n["a]lde, Sw. n["a]ssla;
     cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp
     hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
     Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and Urtica
     cham[ae]dryoides in the Southern, United States. The common
     European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are
     also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera
     is the Roman nettle of England.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
           to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
  
     Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
        Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides);
        -- also called nettle tree.
  
     Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See
        under Hemp.
  
     Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of
        Lamium.
  
     False+nettle+({B[ae]hmeria+cylindrica" rel="nofollow">False nettle ({B[ae]hmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
        the United States, and related to the true nettles.
  
     Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
  
     Horse+nettle+({Solanum+Carolinense" rel="nofollow">Horse nettle ({Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
  
     nettle tree.
     (a) Same as Hackberry.
     (b) See Australian nettle (above).
  
     Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
        family ({Jatropha urens).
  
     Wood+nettle,+a+plant+({Laportea+Canadensis" rel="nofollow">Wood nettle, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis) which stings
        severely, and is related to the true nettles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
        used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
  
     Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
        effects of whipping with nettles.
  
     Sea nettle (Zo["o]l.), a medusa.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind,
     Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
     1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect
        or by deprivation; without sight.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that is strucken blind can not forget
              The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of
        intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or
        judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,
              That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This plan is recommended neither to blind
              approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to
        a person who is blind; not well marked or easily
        discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path;
        a blind ditch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall;
        open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind
        passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as,
        blind buds; blind flowers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
  
     Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate
        motion. --Knight.
  
     Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people,
        esp. at night.
  
     Blind cat (Zo["o]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias
        nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns
        in Pennsylvania.
  
     Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
        --Simmonds.
  
     Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or
        window, without an opening for passage or light. See
        Blank door or Blank window, under Blank, a.
  
     Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has
        a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted
        siphon. --Knight.
  
     Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under
        Dead.
  
     Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one
        that does not explode.
  
     Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak
        or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or
        disposed to see danger. --Swift.
  
     Blind snake (Zo["o]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake,
        of the family Typhlopid[ae], with rudimentary eyes.
  
     Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye
        where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to
        light.
  
     Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the
        indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; --
        called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
  
     Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
     OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n["a]lde, Sw. n["a]ssla;
     cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp
     hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
     Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U.
     cham[ae]dryoides in the Southern, United States. the common
     European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found
     in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman
     nettle of England.
  
     Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
           to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
  
     Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
        Laportea (as L. gigas and L. moroides); -- also
        called nettle tree.
  
     Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See
        under Hemp.
  
     Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of
        Lamium.
  
     False+nettle+({B[ae]hmeria+cylindrica" rel="nofollow">False nettle ({B[ae]hmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
        the United States, and related to the true nettles.
  
     Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
  
     Horse+nettle+({Solanum+Carolinense" rel="nofollow">Horse nettle ({Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
  
     nettle tree.
     (a) Same as Hackberry.
     (b) See Australian nettle (above).
  
     Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
        family ({Jatropha urens).
  
     Wood+nettle,+a+plant+({Laportea+Canadensis" rel="nofollow">Wood nettle, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis) which stings
        severely, and is related to the true nettles.
  
     Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
        used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
  
     Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
        effects of whipping with nettles.
  
     Sea nettle (Zo["o]l.), a medusa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind,
     Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
     1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect
        or by deprivation; without sight.
  
              He that is strucken blind can not forget The
              precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak.
  
     2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of
        intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or
        judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
  
              But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That
              they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton.
  
     3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
  
              This plan is recommended neither to blind
              approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay.
  
     4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to
        a person who is blind; not well marked or easily
        discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path;
        a blind ditch.
  
     5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
  
              The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton.
  
     6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall;
        open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
  
     7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind
        passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
  
     8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as,
        blind buds; blind flowers.
  
     Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
  
     Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate
        motion. --Knight.
  
     Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people,
        esp. at night.
  
     Blind cat (Zo["o]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias
        nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns
        in Pennsylvania.
  
     Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
        --Simmonds.
  
     Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or
        window, without an opening for passage or light. See
        Blank door or window, under Blank, a.
  
     Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has
        a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted
        siphon. --Knight.
  
     Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under
        Dead.
  
     Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one
        that does not explode.
  
     Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak
        or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or
        disposed to see danger. --Swift.
  
     Blind snake (Zo["o]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake,
        of the family Typhlopid[ae], with rudimentary eyes.
  
     Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye
        where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to
        light.
  
     Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the
        indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; --
        called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
  
     Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  blind nettle /blˈaɪnd nˈɛtəl/
  1. árvacsalán
  2. holtcsalán
  3. fehércsalán

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