| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl nd |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of various shiny minerals composed chiefly of metallic sulfides. 2. See sphalerite. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, from blenden, to deceive (because it resembles lead ore), from Middle High German blenden, from Old High German blentan, to blind, deceive. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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