† blindman
Now written as two words.
| c 1325 Chron. Eng. 769 in Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 302 Ant a blindmon hede sihte. 1599 Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 205 You strike like the blindman. |
Hence blind man's ball, a local name of the Puff-ball fungus, or Blind-ball; see blind a. 16.
| 1812 Withering Brit. Plants (1830) IV. 349. |