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Answer for the clue "Spread out blind to get through ", 6 letters:
effuse

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Latin past participle adjective effusus "poured out," also "extensive, vast, broad, wide" (see effuse (v.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Poured out freely; profuse. 2 Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. 3 (context botany English) Spreading loosely, especially on one side. 4 (context zoology English) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. pour out; "effused brine" [syn: pour out ] flow or spill forth [syn: flow out ] give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"

Usage examples of effuse.

The severe pains and livid patches were frequently associated with swellings in various parts, and especially in the lower extremities, accompanied with stiffness and contractions of the knee joints and ankles, and often with a brawny feel of the parts, as if lymph had been effused between the integuments and apeneuroses, preventing the motion of the skin over the swollen parts.

The head pharmacien of the Hotel Dieu, in his analysis of the fluid effused in puerperal peritonitis, says that practitioners are convinced of its deleterious qualities, and that it is very dangerous to apply it to the denuded skin.

Rising, she walked toward the crowd and waited patiently as person after person shook the actor's hand and effused about the show.

He gave it with some relief, and effused thanks as he accepted the reward which Doc Savage paid him.