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

blanket \blan"ket\, n. f. blanchet, of. also blanket, a woolen
   waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop.
   white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of
   white pear, fr. blanc white. see blank, a.
   1. a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having
      a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used
      as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
      1913 webster

   2. print. a piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in
      the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
      1913 webster

   3. a streak or layer of blubber in whales.
      1913 webster

   note: the use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters
         explains the following figure of shakespeare. --nares.
         1913 webster

               nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
               to cry, "hold, hold"              --shak.
         1913 webster

   blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.

   a wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or
      discour?ges.
      1913 webster
see also:
blank blanket sheet a wet blanket 

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Sheet Pile >> S Words
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Sheet Music >> S Words
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Sheet Metal >> S Words
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Sheet Iron >> S Words
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Time Sheet >> T Words
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Wet Blanket, definition of term: Wet Blanket
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Tear Sheet >> T Words
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Bed Sheet >> B Words
Bed Sheet, definition of term: Bed Sheet
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