{ Blond, Blonde } (&?;), a. [F.,
fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired,
old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See
Blend, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light-
colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
Blonde (&?;), n. [F.] 1.
A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue
eyes. [Written also blond.]
2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace
originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also
blond lace.