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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, 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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Entry for 'Blanket'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​b/blanket.html.
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