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   Blanket , 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.]
   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.
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   (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
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   A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
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   ☞ The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare.
   Nares.
   
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   Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
   To cry, “Hold, hold!”
   Shak.
   
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   Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size. -- A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discourages.
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   Blanket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanketing.]
   To cover with a blanket.
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   I'll . . . blanket my loins.
   Shak.
   
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   To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
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   We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
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   Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted.
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