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BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 41 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLANK (from the Fr. See also:blanc, See also:white)  , a. word used in various senses based on that of " See also:left See also:white," i.e. requiring something to be filled in; thus a " See also:blank See also:cheque " is one which requires the amount to be inserted, an See also:insurance policy in blank, where the name of the See also:beneficiary is lacking, " blank See also:verse " (q.v.)41 verse without See also:rhyme, " blank See also:cartridge " that contains only See also:powder and no See also:ball or shot . The word is also used, as a substantive, for a See also:ticket in a lottery or sweepstake which does not carry a number or the name of a See also:horse See also:running or for an unstamped See also:metal disc in coining .

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