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English Dictionary: Blanketing by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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