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

blanket \blan"ket\, v. t. imp.  p. p. blanketed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. blanketing.
   1. to cover with a blanket.
      1913 webster

            i'll . . . blanket my loins.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
      1913 webster

            we'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --b.
                                                  jonson.
      1913 webster

   3. to take the wind out of the sails of another vessel by
      sailing to windward of her.
      1913 webster

   blanket cattle. see belted cattle, under belted.
      1913 webster
see also:
blanketed blanketing blanket cattle belted cattle belted 

[2] : 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 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

blanket
     adj : broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
           "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions
           against human-rights violators"; "an invention with
           broad applications"; "a panoptic study of soviet
           nationality"- t.g.winner; "granted him wide powers"
           syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
            all-inclusive, blanketa, broad, encompassing,
            panoptic, wide
     n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the
          covers over his head and went to sleep" syn: cover
     2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" syn: mantle
     3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a
        nuclear reactor
     v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
     2: form a blanket-like cover over
see also:
across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanketa broad 
encompassing panoptic wide cover mantle 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

142 moby thesaurus words for "blanket":
   across-the-board, afghan, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive,
   apply to, becloud, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding,
   bedsheet, bedspread, befog, blind, block, buffalo robe, camouflage,
   canopy, cap, case, casual, cloak, clothe, clothes, cloud, coat,
   comfort, comforter, compendious, complete, comprehensive, conceal,
   contour sheet, cope, counterpane, cover, cover up, coverage,
   covering, coverlet, coverlid, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling,
   crown, curtain, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from,
   drape, drapery, eclipse, eiderdown, encyclopedic, ensconce,
   enshroud, envelop, film, fitted sheet, general, global, gloss over,
   guise, hanging, hide, hood, housing, imprudent, indiscreet,
   indiscriminate, indiscriminative, insensitive, keep under cover,
   lap robe, lay on, lay over, linen, mantle, mask, muffle,
   nonjudgmental, obduce, obfuscate, obscure, occult, omnibus,
   over-all, overcast, overlay, overspread, pall, panoramic,
   patchwork quilt, pillow slip, pillowcase, promiscuous, put on,
   quilt, robe, rug, screen, scum, shade, sheet, sheeting, shelter,
   shield, shroud, slip, slur over, spread, spread over, superimpose,
   superpose, sweeping, synoptic, tactless, total, uncritical,
   uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiscreet,
   undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious,
   universal, unmeticulous, unparticular, unselective, unsubtle,
   untactful, varnish, veil, vestment, whitewash, whole, wholesale,
   without exception, without omission

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

blanket, tx town, fips 8596
  location: 31.82427 n, 98.78993 w
  population 1990: 381 177 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 76432

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

blanket, tx -- u.s. town in texas
   population 2000:    402
   housing units 2000: 189
   land area 2000:     0.574704 sq. miles 1.488477 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.574704 sq. miles 1.488477 sq. km
   fips code:            08596
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             31.826469 n, 98.788172 w
   zip codes 1990:     76432
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    blanket, tx
    blanket

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