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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanketed}; p. pr & vb n. {Blanketing}.] 1. To cover with a blanket. I'll . . . blanket my loins. --Shak. 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B. Jonson 3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her {Blanket cattle}. See {Belted cattle}, under {Belted}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blanketing \Blan"ket*ing\, n. 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.
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