BLUNT, BLUNTED, BLUNTING (not sharp)
ADJECTIVES
1562 ► RABATTUED blunted → obs.
1747 ► DUBBED blunted; blunt, pointless
1825 ► DUBBY blunt, not pointed → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► BLOB-ENDED blunt, rounded at the end → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1605 ► OBTUSION the act of blunting or dulling; the condition of being blunted or dulled → obs.
2000 ► NIGGA BEATER any blunt instrument → African-American sl.
VERBS
1400 ► OBTUND to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to deprive of sharpness or vigour, to render obtuse
1618 ► OBTUSE to blunt, to dull → obs.