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Webster 1913 Edition

Blanket

Blan′ket

,
Noun.
[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
,
Adj.
]
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.
☞ 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, “Hold, hold!”
Shakespeare
Blanket sheet
,
a newspaper of folio size.
–
A wet blanket
,
anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour[GREEK]ges.

Blan′ket

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blanketed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Blanketing
.]
1.
To cover with a blanket.
I’ll . . .
blanket
my loins.
Shakespeare
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Blanket

BLANK'ET

, n.
1.
A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against cold. Blankets are used also by soldiers,and seamen, for covering.
2.
A kind of pear, sometimes written after the French, blanquet.
3.
Among printers, woolen cloth or white baize, to lay between the tympans.

BLANK'ET

,
Verb.
T.
To toss in a blanket by way of punishment; an ancient custom. The Emperor Otho used to sally forth in dark nights, and if he found a drunken man, he administered the discipline of the blanket.
1.
To cover with a blanket.

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