a. [ OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. &unr_;98. See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To the blank moon
Her office they prescribed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The blank . . . glance of a half returned consciousness. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blank bar (Law),
Blank cartridge,
Blank deed.
Blank door,
Blank window
Blank indorsement (Law),
Blank line (Print.),
Blank tire (Mech.),
Blank tooling.
Blank verse.
Blank wall,
n.
I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Fortune's lottery lies
A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let me still remain
The true blank of thine eye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have stood . . . within the blank of his displeasure
For my free speech. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In blank,
v. t.
Each opposite that blanks the face of joy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a. ]
☞ The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, “Hold, hold!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blanket sheet,
A wet blanket,
v. t.
I'll . . . blanket my loins. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blanket cattle.
. (Law) A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adv.