[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blank \blank\, a. 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 blink, and cf. 1st blanch.
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   1. of a white or pale color; without color.
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            to the blank moon
            her office they prescribed.           --milton.
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   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 ballot.
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   3. utterly confounded or discomfited.
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            adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --milton.
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   4. empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
      a blank day.
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   5. 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.
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   6. lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
      characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
      expressionless; vacant. "blank and horror-stricken faces."
      --c. kingsley.
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            the blank . . . glance of a half returned
            consciousness.                        --g. eliot.
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   7. absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
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   blank 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.
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see also:
blink blanch blank bar common bar blank cartridge blank deed 
deed blank door blank window blank indorsement blank line 
blank tire blank tooling blind tooling blind blank verse 
verse blank wall 

Blank >> B Words
Blank, definition of term: Blank
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Blank Verse >> B Words
Blank Verse, definition of term: Blank Verse
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Blank Cheque >> B Words
Blank Cheque, definition of term: Blank Cheque
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Point Blank >> P Words
Point Blank, definition of term: Point Blank
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Flat Tire >> F Words
Flat Tire, definition of term: Flat Tire
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