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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.] 1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. [1913 Webster] The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n. [1913 Webster]