Bible Dictionaries
Blunt

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

(2):

(v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

(3):

(a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.

(4):

(n.) A fencer's foil.

(5):

(n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

(6):

(n.) Money.

(7):

(a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

(8):

(a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.

(9):

(a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Blunt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/blunt.html. 1828.