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| Blank |
| [OE. blank,
blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem.
blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G.
blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white.
(?)98. See Bl |
Of a white or pale color; without
color.
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.
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a
blank space; a blank day.
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.
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their
associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
expressionless; vacant.
Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank
terror.
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| Blank (blank) |
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| Blank |
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Any
void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an
interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a
lottery on which no prize is indicated.
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.
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.
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a
white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Aim; shot; range.
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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To make void] to
annul.
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits
of; to dispirit or confuse.
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