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Snow-blind   /snoʊ-blaɪnd/   Listen
Snow-blind

verb
1.
Affect with snow blindness.
adjective
1.
Temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice.  Synonym: snow-blinded.






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"Snow-blind" Quotes from Famous Books



... a movement among the snow, and voices, and immediately a light appeared at the window, shining through the snow-blind, which was swept down by an arm and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, - No. 97, January, 1876 • Various

... at my eyes—been snow-blind twice; look where my foot's half gone; And that gruesome scar on my left cheek where the frost-fiend bit to the bone. Each one a brand of this devil's land, where I've played and I've lost the game, A broken wreck with a craze for 'hooch,' ...
— Songs of a Sourdough • Robert W. Service

... all right," said the Superintendent. "Don't worry about that. And take your own time. First of all, how are you feeling? Snow-blind, I see," he continued, critically examining him, "and ...
— The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail • Ralph Connor

... heave and run, like waves in a choppy sea, and Donald found himself staggering at every stride. Finally, to avoid falling, he was compelled to shut his eyes, for each glint from the snow was like the stab of a dagger through his brain... He was snow-blind. ...
— The Wilderness Trail • Frank Williams

... turned. Going back to his snow-blind, he packed his blanket and camp kit swiftly and strapped them to his shoulders. Returning, he gathered the things he had found upon the other's person—the rifle, the revolvers, the sheath-knife—into a pile; then deliberately, one against the other, he broke them until they were useless. ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge



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