Blight

·noun A rashlike eruption on the human skin.

II. Blight ·vi To be affected by blight; to Blast; as, this vine never blights.

III. Blight ·noun That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.

IV. Blight ·vt To affect with blight; to Blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.

V. Blight ·noun 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.

VI. Blight ·vt Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to Ruin; to mar essentially; to Frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.

VII. Blight ·noun 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.

VIII. Blight ·noun 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.