Sentence:  It was a merry time with Carrmen, Watermen, & Porters: for in this Eclipſe, many of them did nothing but drinke, domineere, and ſwagger in Alehouſes; but the often going to and fro of the Pot, made them talke of that, which they had nothing to doe withall, and many times their <WSD>obtuſe</WSD> apprehenſions would be medling with the warres betwixt the great Turke and Prester John 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Intellectually dull or dim-witted.