Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Able to see indistinctly or not at all in a bright light. See hemeralopia.

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  • adjective medicine Unable to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopic

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Examples

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    Wednesday Poetry: The Peace of Wild Things « Planning the Day 2009

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    Hey, Take a Minute...Read This Week's Poem Written by Wendell Berry...Really johnny_mango 2005

  • I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • Rustling and a high, nervous chittering filled the air as a sweep of bats, day-blind and guided only by Piper™s will, descended upon the slope of the near hill like a hundred small carrion crows.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    Irish Blogs 2010

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    Irish Blogs Banana rambles 2010

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    whiskey river whiskey 2010

  • And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.

    Beyond the Fields We Know 2008

  • i come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. i come into the presence of still water. and i feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. for a time

    change therapy 2008

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