

They believed that the Devil and evil spirits had power to raise thunderstorms,Īnd blight crops, and change that course of nature of which the Psalmist had. /spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/a last look-out.htm And hurl one's soul untimely to the shades.". Throw a chill blight on all one'sīudding hopes. To feel the hand of death arrest one's steps. /kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xvi the cedars of.htm No rational person now believes that witches can blightĬrops or cattle, or that evil spirits cause storms. /philips/the christian home/chapter ix infancy.htm To the blight of a thousand fortuitous events.

They live like the tender bud or the opening blossom, exposed /kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon iv noahs flood.htm some god, they knew not how always afraid of some god turning against them, andīringing diseases against their bodies floods, drought, blight against their. /chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 13 1-7 things perishing and.htm mighty structures, man feels his own pettiness, shivering in the wind, or seekingĪ shadow from the sun, and thinking how even this breeze may blight or this. /basil/basil letters and select works/letter cclxxii to sophronius the.htm Stealing upon friendship is a blight of friendship. Peradventure, just as mildew is a blight which grows in corn, so flattery /chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 11 12-14 20-25 the barren.htm In the morning the blight was manifest, the tree was withered from its very. Not in the dusk of that evening as they returned, but when they passed by again ( n.) A rashlike eruption on the human skin. ( n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches - also applied to several other injurious insects.Ĩ. ( n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes that which impairs or destroys.ħ. ( n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.Ħ. ( n.) Mildew decay anything nipping or blasting - applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.ĥ. i.) To be affected by blight to blast as, this vine never blights.Ĥ.

t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of to ruin to mar essentially to frustrate as, to blight one's prospects.ģ. t.) To affect with blight to blast to prevent the growth and fertility of.Ģ. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1.
