| blank |
adjective |
Of a white or pale color; without color., 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., Utterly confounded or discomfited., Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day., 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., Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant., Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror., Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void., A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated., 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., 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., The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed., Aim; shot; range., 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., A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts., A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the “double blank”; the “six blank.”, To make void; to annul., To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse. |