blunt (1 historically the earliest; ‘dull-edged,’ of a tool, is later; this occurs in S., as well as the meaning ‘abrupt, unceremonious’)
1.
of dull perception, dull-witted
Gent. II. vi. 41, 2H4
Ind. 18 “the blunt monster
with uncounted heads” (=‘the
many-headed multitude’).
2.
rude, unpolished,
3H6 IV. viii. 2
“blunt
Hollanders,”
Lucr. 1300; (hence) rough, harsh,
unfeeling
3H6 V. i. 86
“so blunt,
unnatural,”
R3 I. iii. 104,
Ven. 884
“the blunt boar, rough
bear, or lion proud.”
