Blur (blûr), n. 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot,
as upon paper or other substance.
As for those who cleanse blurs with
blotted fingers, they make it worse.
Fuller.
2.
A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to
see things with a blur; it
was all blur.
3. A moral stain
or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her
railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
Udall.
Blur (blûr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurred (blûrd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Blurring.]
[Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear.]
1. To render obscure by making the
form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to
smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut
by an excess of ink.
But time hath nothing blurred those
lines of favor
Which then he
wore.
Shak.
2. To cause imperfection of vision in;
to dim; to darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
J. R. Drake.
3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own,
But can not
blur my lost renown.
Hudibras.
Syn. -- To spot; blot;
disfigure; stain; sully.
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