"arcade, walk, steps, yard, terrace, and close. While both a court and close are usually defined as blind alleys, or ""cul-de-sacs"", several in London are throughways, for example Cavendish Court, a narrow passage leading from Houndsditch into Devonshire Square, and Angel Court, which links King Street and Pall Mall. Bartholomew Close is a narrow winding lane which can be called an alley by virtue of its narrowness, and because through-access requires the use of passages and courts between Little Britain, and Long Lane and Aldersgate Street. In an old neighbourhood of the City of London, Exchange Alley or Change Alley"
"Alley An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, walk, or avenue (French allée) in a park or garden. A covered alley or passageway, often with shops, may be called an arcade. The origin of the word alley is late Middle English, from ""walking or passage"", from """" ""go"", from ""to walk"". The word alley is used in two main ways: In older"
"the French idiom, """"L'union de l'aveugle et le paralytique"""" (""the union of the blind man and the lame""), used ironically in reference to any unpromising partnership. A group of four epigrams in the Greek Anthology concern a blind man and a lame. Plato the Younger states the situation in two wittily contrasting lines: The three others, who include Leonidas of Alexandria and Antiphilus of Byzantium, comment that by combining in this way the two make a perfect whole. A West Asian story based on this trope is found in a pseudo-biblical document, the Apocryphon of Ezekiel, in which the two"
"Blind hole A blind hole refers to a hole that is reamed, drilled, or milled to a specified depth without breaking through to the other side of the workpiece. The etymology is that it is not possible to see through a ""blind"" hole. Other types of holes also include through holes, and clearance holes. In this instance blind may also refer to any feature that is taken to a specific depth, more specifically referring to internally threaded hole (tapped holes). Not considering the drill point, the depth of the blind hole, conventionally, may be slightly deeper than that of the"
"less than a metre wide. This makes them unique among highly populated urban centres. The Medina of Fes, Morocco or Fes el Bali, is considered one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world. Notes Bibliography Alley An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, walk, or avenue (French allée) in a park or garden. A covered alley or passageway, often with"
"short and straight, and on steep ground can consist partially or entirely of steps. In older cities and towns in Europe, alleys are often what is left of a medieval street network, or a right of way or ancient footpath. Similar paths also exist in some older North American towns and cities. In some older urban development in North America lanes at the rear of houses, to allow for deliveries and garbage collection, are called alleys. Alleys may be paved, or unpaved, and a blind alley is a cul-de-sac. Some alleys are roofed because they are within buildings, such as"
"Turning a blind eye Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. The phrase ""to turn a blind eye"" is attributed to an incident in the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson was blinded in one eye early in his Royal Navy career. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 the cautious Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, in overall command of the British forces, sent a signal to Nelson's forces ordering them to discontinue the action. Naval orders were transmitted via a system of signal flags at that time. When this order was brought to the"
"The blind leading the blind ""The blind leading the blind"" is an idiom and a metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase, it is used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is getting advice and help from another person who knows almost nothing. It can be traced back to the Upanishads, which were written between 800 BCE and 200 BCE. A similar metaphor exists in the Buddhist Pali Canon, composed in North India, and preserved orally until it was committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka in 29 BCE. The expression"
"Avenue (landscape) In landscaping, an avenue, or allée, is traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its Latin source ""venire"" (""to come"") indicates, to emphasize the ""coming to,"" or ""arrival"" at a landscape or architectural feature. In most cases, the trees planted in an avenue will be all of the same species or cultivar, so as to give uniform appearance along the full length of the avenue. The French term ""allée"" is used for avenues planted in parks and landscape gardens, as well as boulevards"
"of a he-goat, or failing that of a she-goat; and as well they should eat some of the liver itself."" Historically, nyctalopia, also known as moonblink, was a temporary night blindness believed to be caused by sleeping in moonlight in the tropics. In the French language, and have inverse meanings, the first naming the ability to see in the dark as well as in plain light, and the second the inability to do so. It is thought that this inversion from Latin happened during the 2nd century AD, even though the ancient greek νυκτάλωψ (""nuktálōps"") has been used in both"
"close. While both a court and close are usually defined as blind alleys, or ""cul-de-sacs"", several in London are throughways, for example Cavendish Court, a narrow passage leading from Houndsditch into Devonshire Square, and Angel Court, which links King Street and Pall Mall. Bartholomew Close is a narrow winding lane which can be called an alley by virtue of its narrowness, and because through-access requires the use of passages and courts between Little Britain, and Long Lane and Aldersgate Street. Several companies provide guided walking tours around parts of London. These walks are aimed primarily at tourists and the guide"
"French drain A French drain or weeping tile (also trench drain, filter drain, blind drain, rubble drain, rock drain, drain tile, perimeter drain, land drain, French ditch, sub-surface drain, sub-soil drain or agricultural drain) is a trench filled with gravel or rock or containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. A French drain can have perforated hollow pipes along the bottom (""see images"") to quickly vent water that seeps down through the upper gravel or rock. French drains are primarily used to prevent ground and surface water from penetrating or damaging building foundations"
"the nude to a blind person."" Mopery Mopery () is a vague, informal name for minor offenses. The word is based on the verb ""to mope"", which originally meant “to wander aimlessly”; it only later acquired the sense ""to be bored and depressed"". The word ""mope"" appears to have first been used in the 16th century, and appears in Shakespeare's works. It has occasionally been put into use by police as a charge to bring when no other legitimate charge seems appropriate. It has also been used for satiric and/or comedic effect in books and films. In 1970, in Columbus,"
"Dead end (street) A dead end is a street with only one inlet/outlet. A dead end is also known as a cul-de-sac ( or , from French for cul [""bottom""] + de [""of""] + sac [""bag, sack""]) or no exit road in certain contexts and dialects. In Australia they are usually referred to as a court when they have a bulbous end. The term ""dead end"" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology and traffic signs include many different alternatives. Some of these are used only regionally. In the United States and other countries, ""cul-de-sac"" is"
"working blinds). It was not until the late 18th century that society began to take an interest in the education of the blind. Until that time they were considered mostly uneducable and untrainable. One of the major figures in the movement to educate the blind was Sébastien Guillié. He established the first ophthalmological clinic in France and became director of the school in Paris. In 1816, the school moved into a former prison that was used during the French Revolution. Although it was better than its previous location, the building was cold, poorly lit, and unsanitary. Louis Braille, the inventor"
"Blind arcade A blind arcade is an arcade that is composed of a series of arches that has no actual openings and that is applied to the surface of a wall as a decorative element: i.e. the arches are not windows or openings but are part of the masonry face. It is designed as an ornamental architectural element, and has no load-bearing function. Whereas a blind arch is usually a single arch or a series of joined arches as a frieze (sometimes called Lombard bands), a blind arcade is composed of a series of arches that have well-defined columns. Blind"
"and beep baseball. The worldwide authority on sports for the blind is the International Blind Sports Federation. People with vision impairments have participated in the Paralympic Games since the 1976 Toronto summer Paralympics. The word ""blind"" (adjective and verb) is often used to signify a lack of knowledge of something. For example, a blind date is a date in which the people involved have not previously met; a blind experiment is one in which information is kept from either the experimenter or the participant to mitigate the placebo effect or observer bias. The expression ""blind leading the blind"" refers to"
"incapable people leading other incapable people. Being blind to something means not understanding or being aware of it. A ""blind spot"" is an area where someone cannot see: for example, where a car driver cannot see because parts of his car's bodywork are in the way; metaphorically, a topic on which an individual is unaware of their own biases, and therefore of the resulting distortions of their own judgements (see Bias blind spot). A 2008 study tested the effect of using gene therapy to help restore the sight of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness, known as Leber's"
"famous residence of such thieves was the ""Cour des Miracles"", or Courtyard of Miracles, located between rue Montorgueil, the convent of the Filles-Dieu, and rue Neuve-Saint-Saveur, in the center of the city. It was named because its residents often appeared to blind or lame when on the streets but were perfectly whole when they returned home. It was described by the 18th-century Paris historian Sauval, based on his father's description of a visit to the Courtyard. ""To enter there you have to descend a rather long slope, twisting and uneven. I saw a house half-buried in mud, crumbling with age"
"English), The Chinese District, Chinese Quarter, and China Alley (an antiquated term used primarily in several rural towns in the western United States for a Chinese community; some of these are now historical sites). In the case of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada, China Alley was a parallel commercial street adjacent to the town's Main Street, enjoying a view over the river valley adjacent and also over the main residential part of Chinatown, which was largely of adobe construction. All traces of Chinatown and China Alley there have disappeared, despite a once large and prosperous community. In Chinese, Chinatown is usually"
"form a partnership to raid an orchard but claim their innocence by pointing out their disabilities. A variation of the story appears in the Jewish Talmud (Sanhedrin 91) and yet another is told in Islamic tradition as occurring during the boyhood of Jesus. That the basic situation of the two helping each other was still known in Mediaeval times is suggested by its appearance among the Latin stories in the ""Gesta Romanorum"" at the turn of the 14th century. There an emperor declares a general feast and the lame man proposes the means of getting there to the blind. In"
"Coulee </div> Coulee, or coulée ( or ) is a term applied rather loosely to different landforms, all of which refer to a kind of valley or drainage zone. The word ""coulee"" comes from the Canadian French ""coulée"", from the French word ""couler"" meaning ""to flow"". The term is often used interchangeably in the Great Plains for any number of water features, from ponds to creeks. In southern Louisiana the word ""coulée"" (also spelled ""coolie"") originally meant a gully or ravine usually dry or intermittent but becoming sizable during rainy weather. As stream channels were dredged or canalized, the term"
"(formerly National Deaf-Mute College). Deaf-mute is a literal translation of the French ""sourd-muet"" which was already in use in France in the 19th century, in the works of the founder of the deaf school in Paris, as well as in the name of the school, the ""Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris"". Since some Deaf people can also speak, the term ""deaf-mute"" is not accurate. The word ""dumb"" had meant ""speechless"" for centuries in English, before it gained the sense of ""stupid"" as a secondary meaning in the 19th century, but since ""stupid"" has now become the primary meaning, even"
"Other Half Lives"" notes one tenement district: Blind Man's Alley bear its name for a reason. Until little more than a year ago its dark burrows harbored a colony of blind beggars, tenants of a blind landlord, old Daniel Murphy, whom every child in the ward knows, if he never heard of the President of the United States. ""Old Dan"" made a big fortune--he told me once four hundred thousand dollars-- out of his alley and the surrounding tenements, only to grow blind himself in extreme old age, sharing in the end the chief hardship of the wretched beings whose"
"a small boat in the distance ... usually it's two middle-aged old-stock French-Canadians or English-Canadians."" According to Gilman and Milton, the appellation ""Unamerican"" favoured by US Senator Joseph McCarthy is a version of the terms ""pure wool"", ""true blue"", ""dyed-in-the-wool"", and ""old stock"". Pure laine The French term pure laine, literally meaning ""pure wool"" (and often translated as ""dyed-in-the-wool""), refers to those whose ancestry is exclusively French-Canadian. (It probably relates to the raising of sheep for wool, which was common in rural Quebec of the 1700s.) Some definitions are more specific, indicating those whose families arrived in Canada during a"
"song written by Mick Jagger, performed by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart for the soundtrack of the 2004 film ""Alfie"". In a notable episode of ""Sex and the City"" Samantha tells Carrie that giving her advice is like 'the blind leading the blind'. The song ""Ego Tripp"" by Mushroomhead includes the lyrics, ""as the blind lead the blind on a crusade for sight."" The blind leading the blind ""The blind leading the blind"" is an idiom and a metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase, it is used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is"
"in close and dark lanes and alleys, presenting at first sight an appearance of non-habitation, so dilapidated are the doors and windows:- in every room of the houses, whole families, parents, children and aged grandfathers swarm together. In 1860, a treaty with France allowied the import of cheaper French silks. This left the many weavers in Spitalfields, and neighbouring Bethnal Green and Shoreditch indigent. New trades such as furniture and boot making came to the area; and the large windowed Huguenot houses were found suitable for tailoring, attracting a new population of Jewish refugees drawn to live and work in"
"oncoming traffic from the other side of the hill cannot be seen. Blind corner A blind corner or blind turn is a corner on a road where the view of what is behind the corner is obstructed. The view could for example be obstructed by buildings, hills or trees. Warning signs are often placed on such roads to warn traffic. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication offers the possibility to reduce the risk of accidents on blind corners. Vehicles can use radio signals to see each other even when there is no line-of-sight and warn the driver. While the Obama administration made a proposal"
"Blind corner A blind corner or blind turn is a corner on a road where the view of what is behind the corner is obstructed. The view could for example be obstructed by buildings, hills or trees. Warning signs are often placed on such roads to warn traffic. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication offers the possibility to reduce the risk of accidents on blind corners. Vehicles can use radio signals to see each other even when there is no line-of-sight and warn the driver. While the Obama administration made a proposal to require vehicle-to-vehicle communication for new cars and light trucks, the Trump"
"senses of one served to supply the deficiencies of the other. By this stroke of benevolent ingenuity, though she does not get so much work done, as she would by stronger and abler men; she has the heart-felt satisfaction of making those useful and happy members of society, whom nobody else would employ, and who, but for her, must be dependent upon a parish for an idle and scanty substance. I hope it is not prophane to say, she has made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk."" ""The whole"
"the somewhat sour slogan ""sourire quand même"" (smiling nonetheless). Gueules cassées Gueules cassées (broken faces) is a French expression for facially disfigured servicemen which originated in World War I. Colonel Yves Picot is said to have coined the term when he was refused passing a checkpoint to a gathering for the war-disabled. Trench warfare protected the bodies but left the heads exposed. The introduction of the steel helmet in 1915 made head shots more 'survivable', but this reduction of mortality meant a mutilated life for thousands. At the start of the war those wounded to the head were generally not"
"simply, nothing, and everything. Certainly not the National Federation of the Blind, No, it is not the Federation, our vehicle for collective action, that has changed; but we ourselves. We the blind are a different people; no longer on the outside looking in; no longer in abject poverty; no longer without hope or belief; no longer without a literature which defines the nuance of our understanding and belies the nonsense of the naysayers; no longer without a corps of leaders hardened on the picket lines and tempered in the trenches; no longer without the possibility of training at superior centers;"
"Gueules cassées Gueules cassées (broken faces) is a French expression for facially disfigured servicemen which originated in World War I. Colonel Yves Picot is said to have coined the term when he was refused passing a checkpoint to a gathering for the war-disabled. Trench warfare protected the bodies but left the heads exposed. The introduction of the steel helmet in 1915 made head shots more 'survivable', but this reduction of mortality meant a mutilated life for thousands. At the start of the war those wounded to the head were generally not considered able to survive and they would not usually"