资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}), 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}). 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}) 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.

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.