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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, n. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument. 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, v.t. To make void; to annul. 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.
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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, n. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument. 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, v.t. To make void; to annul. 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. | BLANK, a. [Fr. blanc; It. bianco; Sp. blanco; D. and Ger. blank; Dan. blank, shining; Sw. blanck, white, shining; blankia, to shine. See Bleach.]- Void; empty; consequently white; as, a blank paper.
- White or pale; as, the blank moon. – Milton.
- Pale from fear or terror; hence, confused; confounded; dispirited; dejected.
Adam … astonished stood, and blank. – Milton.
- Without rhyme; as, blank verse, verse in which rhyme is wanting.
- Pure; entire; complete. – Beddoes.
- 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, n.- Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery which draws no prize.
- A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters.
- 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.
- The point to which an arrow is directed, marked with white paper. [Little used.] – Shak.
- Aim; shot. [Obs.] Shak.
- Object to which any thing is directed. – Shak.
- 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. – Encyc.
- In coinage, a plate or piece of gold or silver, cut and shaped, but not stamped. – Encyc.
Blank-bar, in law, a common bar, or a plea in bar, which, in an action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintif to assign the place where the trespass was committed. – Encyc.
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. – Encyc.
BLANK, v.t.- To make void; to annul. – Spenser.
- 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. – Shak. Tillotson.
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- Of a white or pale color; without
color.
- Any
void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an
interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
- To make void] to
annul.
- 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 ballot.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a
lottery on which no prize is indicated.
- To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits
of; to dispirit or confuse.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- 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.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a
blank space; a blank day.
- 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.
- Lacking characteristics which give variety; as,
a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests,
affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of
sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
- The point aimed at in a target, marked with a
white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
- Lacking animation and intelligence, or their
associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
expressionless; vacant.
- Aim; shot; range.
- Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank
terror.
- 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.
- A piece of metal prepared to be
made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw,
nuts.
- A piece or division of a
piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six
blank."
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Blank BLANK, adjective 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.etc. BLANK, noun Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument. 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. etc. 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 transitive To make void; to annul. 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.
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