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Webster 1913 Edition
Blank
Blank
,Adj.
1.
Of a white or pale color; without color.
To the
Her office they prescribed.
blank
moonHer office they prescribed.
Milton.
2.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; – said of checks, official documents, etc.;
as,
. blank
paper; a blank
check; a blank
ballot3.
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Adam . . . astonied stood, and
blank
. Milton.
4.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless;
as, a
. blank
space; a blank
day5.
Lacking characteristics which give variety;
as, a
; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; blank
desert; a blank
wallas, to live a
; destitute of sensations; blank
existenceas,
. blank
unconsciousness6.
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.
“Blank and horror-stricken faces.” C. Kingsley.
The
blank
. . . glance of a half returned consciousness. G. Eliot.
7.
Absolute; downright; unmixed;
as,
. blank
terrorBlank bar
(Law)
, a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in an action of trespass to assign the certain place where the trespass was committed; – called also
– common bar
. Blank cartridge
, a cartridge containing no ball.
– Blank deed
. See
– Deed
. Blank door
, or
Blank window
(Arch.)
, a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
– Blank indorsement
(Law)
, an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill.
– Blank line
(Print.)
, a vacant space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.
– Blank tire
(Mech.)
, a tire without a flange.
– Blank tooling
. See
– Blind tooling
, under Blind
. Blank verse
. See under
– Verse
. Blank wall
, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead wall.
Blank
,Noun.
1.
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a
blank
of half an inch from you. Swift.
From this time there ensues a long
blank
in the history of French legislation. Hallam.
I was ill. I can’t tell how long – it was a
blank
. G. Eliot.
2.
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
In Fortune's lottery lies
A heap of
A heap of
blanks
, like this, for one small prize. Dryden.
3.
A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; – especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.
The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a
blank
. Palfrey.
4.
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
5.
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Let me still remain
The true
The true
blank
of thine eye. Shakespeare
6.
Aim; shot; range.
[Obs.]
I have stood . . . within the
For my free speech.
blank
of his displeasureFor my free speech.
Shakespeare
7.
A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
Nares.
8.
(Mech.)
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
9.
(Dominoes)
A piece or division of a piece, without spots;
as, the “double
blank
”; the “six blank
.”In blank
, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.
1.
To make void; to annul.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
[Obs.]
Each opposite that
blanks
the face of joy. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Blank
BLANK
, a.1.
Void; empty; consequently white; as a blank paper.2.
White or pale; as the blank moon.3.
Pale from fear or terror; hence confused; confounded; dispirited; dejected.Adam--astonished stood, and blank.
4.
Without rhyme; as blank verse, verse in which rhyme is wanting.5.
Pure; entire; complete.6.
Not containing balls or bullets; as blank cartridges.This word is applied to various other objects, usually in the sense of destitution, emptiness; as a blank line; a blank space, in a book.&c.
BLANK
,Noun.
1.
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery which draws no prize.2.
A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters.3.
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ or execution, with vacant spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions. &c.4.
The point to which an arrow is directed, marked with white paper. [Little used.]5.
Aim; shot.6.
Object to which any thing is directed.7.
A small copper coin formerly current in France, at the rate of 5 deniers Tournois. There were also pieces of three blanks, and of six; but they are now become moneys of account.Blank-bar, in law, a common bar, or a plea in bar, which, in an action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the place where the trespass was committed.
Point-blank, in gunnery, the shot of a gun leveled horizontally. The distance between the piece, and the point where the shot first touches the ground, is called the point-blank range; the shot proceeding on a straight line, without curving.
BLANK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To deprive of color, the index of health and spirits; to damp the spirits; to dispirit or confuse; as, to blank the face of joy.