| SOB | see order blank; shortness of breath |
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| blank | 1. Of a white or pale colour; without colour. "To the blank moon Her office they prescribed." (Milton) 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. 3. Utterly confounded or discomfited. "Adam . . . Astonied stood, and blank." (Milton) 4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day. 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. 6. Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces." "The blank . . . Glance of a half returned consciousness." (G. Eliot) 7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror. Blank bar, a tire without a flange. Blank tooling. See Blind tooling, under Blind. Blank verse. See Verse. Blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead wall. Origin: 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. 1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void. "I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you." (Swift) "From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation." (Hallam) "I was ill. I can't tell how long it was a blank." (G. Eliot) 2. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated. "In Fortune's lottery lies A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize." (Dryden) 3. 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. "The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank." (Palfrey) 4. 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. 5. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed. "Let me still remain The true blank of thine eye." (Shak) 6. Aim; shot; range. "I have stood . . . Within the blank of his displeasure For my free speech." (Shak) 7. 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. 8. <mechanics> A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. 9. A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank." In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| blanket | <physics> A region surrounding a fusion reactor core within which the fusion neutrons (if any) are slowed down, heat is transferred to a primary coolant, and tritium is bred from lithium (if tritium is used as fuel). In hybrid applications, fertile materials (u-238 or Th-232) are located in the blanket for conversion into fissile fuels. (17 Mar 1998) |
| blanket suture | A continuous lock-stitch used to approximate the skin of a wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blanketing | 1. Cloth for blankets. 2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. "That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of." (Smollett) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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space: a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" a substitute for a taboo word; "I hit the blank blank car" lacuna: a blank gap or missing part (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" void of expression; "a blank stare" a piece of material ready to be made into something keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge"
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In archaeology, a blank is a thick, shaped stone biface of suitable size and configuration for refining into a stone tool. Blanks are the beginning products of lithic reduction, and during prehistoric times were often created for trade or later refinement at another location. ...
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A detached piece potentially modifiable into a specific tool form.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/b.html
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(1) Category of paperboard ranging in thickness from 15 to 48 points. Blanks may be C1S, C2S, or uncoated and are used for signs and posters. (2) Alternate term for shell.
Ãâó: www.paperspecs.com/resources/glossary/b.htm
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an "advanced" Preliminary stage in the manufacture of an artifact (also: "preform".)
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| blank | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
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| blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something |
| blank | a blank gap or missing part |
| blank | a substitute for a taboo word |
| blank | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing |
| blank | keep the opposing team from winning, in baseball |
| blank | void of expression |
| blank | of a surface |
| blank | not charged with a bullet |
| blank | a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
| blank | a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
| blank | an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer |
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