Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blanket"

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)

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, ``Hold, hold!'' --Shak.

{Blanket sheet}, a newspaper of folio size.

{A wet blanket}, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or
discour?ges.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
[syn: {across-the-board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing},
{all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing},
{panoptic}, {wide}]
n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the
covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: {cover}]
2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: {mantle}]
3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a
nuclear reactor
v 1: cover as if with a blanket; as of snow
2: form a blanket-like cover (over)


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