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In blank
(gcide) | Blank \Blank\, n.
1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written
instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action,
result, etc; a void.
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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.
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From this time there ensues a long blank in the
history of French legislation. --Hallam.
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I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank.
--G. Eliot.
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2. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on
which no prize is indicated.
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In Fortune's lottery lies
A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize.
--Dryden.
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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.
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The freemen signified their approbation by an
inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank.
--Palfrey.
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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.
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5. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot;
hence, the object to which anything is directed.
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Let me still remain
The true blank of thine eye. --Shak.
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6. Aim; shot; range. [Obs.]
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I have stood . . . within the blank of his
displeasure
For my free speech. --Shak.
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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. --Nares.
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8. (Mech.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into
something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
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9. (Dominoes) A piece or division of a piece, without spots;
as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."
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In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by
another; as, to make out a check in blank.
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IN BLANK
(bouvier) | IN BLANK. This is generally applied to indorsements, as, indorsements in
blank, which is one not restricted, made by the indorser simply writing his
name. See Indorsement.
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coin blank
(encz) | coin blank, n: |
endorsement in blank
(encz) | endorsement in blank, n: |
pigs in blankets
(encz) | pigs in blankets, n: |
To indorse in blank
(gcide) | Indorse \In*dorse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indorsed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Indorsing.] [LL. indorsare. See Endorse.] [Written
also endorse.]
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1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.]
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Elephants indorsed with towers. --Milton.
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2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as
a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.
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3. (Law & Com.) To write one's name, alone or with other
words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of
transferring it, or to secure the payment of a note,
draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment,
performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon
the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest,
etc.).
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4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by
approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.
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To indorse in blank, to write one's name on the back of a
note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.
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coin blank
(wn) | coin blank
n 1: a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin [syn:
planchet, coin blank] |
endorsement in blank
(wn) | endorsement in blank
n 1: an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so
payable to the bearer [syn: blank endorsement,
endorsement in blank] |
pigs in blankets
(wn) | pigs in blankets
n 1: small frankfurters wrapped in biscuit dough and baked |
IN BLANK
(bouvier) | IN BLANK. This is generally applied to indorsements, as, indorsements in
blank, which is one not restricted, made by the indorser simply writing his
name. See Indorsement.
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