blindside

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BLINDSIDE, noun [blind and side.] The side which is most easily assailed; or the side on which the party is least able or disposed to see danger; weakness; foible; weak part. BLIND VESSEL, with chimists, a vessel with an opening on one side only.
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