Blanket
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
(2): (a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
(3): (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
(4): (a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
(5): (v. t.) To cover with a blanket.
(6): (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
King James Dictionary [2]
Blank'Et, n.
1. A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against cold. Blankets are used also by soldiers,and seamen, for covering. 2. A kind of pear, sometimes written after the French, blanquet. 3. Among printers, woolen cloth or white baize, to lay between the tympans.
Blank'Et, To toss in a blanket by way of punishment an ancient custom. The Emperor Otho used to sally forth in dark nights, and if he found a drunken man, he administered the discipline of the blanket.
1. To cover with a blanket.
