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Blanket   /blˈæŋkət/  /blˈæŋkɪt/   Listen
noun
Blanket  n.  
1.
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
2.
(Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
3.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales. Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. "Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, "Hold, hold!""
Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.
A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discourages.


verb
Blanket  v. t.  (past & past part. blanketed; pres. part. blanketing)  
1.
To cover with a blanket. "I'll... blanket my loins."
2.
To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. "We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall."
3.
To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted.





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"Blanket" Quotes from Famous Books



... rum for fifty muskrat skins! A horn of powder for a bear's is not enough; A whole winter's hunting for some blanket stuff— Ugh!" said the Sewee Chief, "The ...
— Carolina Chansons - Legends of the Low Country • DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen
... does, what can this mean?" groaned the young engineer, sinking back to the rough blanket, weak as a rag under the revelation of this ...
— Five Thousand Dollars Reward • Frank Pinkerton
... eyes. But the unhappy woman's expression changed, and she looked down kindly on Melissa. She quietly set the lamp on the table, and then, as the cool nightbreeze blew in through the open window, to which there was no shutter, she tenderly wrapped the white woolen blanket round Melissa, and muttered to herself, "She liked ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... improved state of things. "Now, Alice," said he cheerfully, "do you and Poopy set about spreading our blanket tablecloth, and getting supper laid out. It is but a poor one,—hard biscuit and water,—but there is plenty of it, and, after all, that is the main thing. Meanwhile, Corrie and I will saunter along shore and talk over our plans. Cheer up, my little girl; we will ...
— Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader - A Tale of the Pacific • R. M. Ballantyne
... would reply soothingly patting him on the shoulder, "I'm not going into the story of the pink blanket. You can always trust to my discretion. But I would like just to remember her name. It was so peculiar,—a name I never ...
— The Burglar and the Blizzard • Alice Duer Miller


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