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English Dictionary: blanket	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for blanket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blanket adj broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" Synonym(s): across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide n bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" Synonym(s): blanket, cover anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" Synonym(s): blanket, mantle a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor v cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" form a blanket-like cover (over)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blanket \Blan"ket\, 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.] 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. --Nares. Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, [bd]Hold, hold![b8] --Shak. {Blanket sheet}, a newspaper of folio size. {A wet blanket}, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour[?]ges.
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blanket, TX (town, FIPS 8596) Location: 31.82427 N, 98.78993 W Population (1990): 381 (177 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76432