English Dictionary: Blanketing | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Blanketing | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blanketing}.] 1. To cover with a blanket. I'll . . . blanket my loins. --Shak. 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B. Jonson. 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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blanketing \Blan"ket*ing\, n. 1. Cloth for blankets. 2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. --Smollett. |