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Definition of Blankets

Blanket
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. 2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic. 3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. --Nares. Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, ``Hold, hold!' --Shak. Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size. A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour?ges.

Meaning of Blankets from wikipedia

- Special blankets known as baby blankets are used to protect infants from the cold. Small children (and some adults) may also use a blanket as a comfort...
- The blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts as an important part of the North American fur trade. The blankets continue...
- by Kevin Abstract Blanket, an album by Urban Species or the title track Blankets (comics), a graphic novel by Craig Thompson Blankets, an accompaniment...
- The Blanketeers or Blanket March was a demonstration organised in Manchester in March 1817. The intention was for the parti****nts, who were mainly Lancashire...
- Everything 2003: 1. Blankets by Craig Thompson". Time. accessed September 21, 2011. Rooney, Katie (December 8, 2009). blankets/ "8. Blankets". Time. Johns,...
- pigs in blankets". Erudus. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Thompson, Rachel (24 December 2018). "I ate 100 different 'pigs in blankets' at a...
- outside. Wearing a space blanket produces an insignificantly slower cooling rate after running in hot, humid conditions. Space blankets are used to reduce heat...
- British dish of pigs in blankets, where the sausages are instead wrapped in bacon. In the United States the term "pigs in a blanket" typically refers to...
- The tritium breeding blanket (also known as a fusion blanket, lithium blanket or simply blanket), is a key part of many proposed fusion reactor designs...
- Blanketing is a term used predominantly in the US to refer to receiver blocking, which is interference caused when a strong unwanted off-channel radio...