blank cartridge

Blank \Blank\, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F.
   blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white,
   G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98.
   See {Blink}, and cf. 1st {Blanch}.]
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   1. Of a white or pale color; without color.
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            To the blank moon
            Her office they prescribed.           --Milton.
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   2. 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.
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   3. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
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            Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --Milton.
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   4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
      a blank day.
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   5. 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.
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   6. Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
      characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
      expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces."
      --C. Kingsley.
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            The blank . . . glance of a half returned
            consciousness.                        --G. Eliot.
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   7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
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   {Blank bar} (Law), a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in
      an action of trespass to assign the certain place where
      the trespass was committed; -- called also {common bar}.
      

   {Blank cartridge}, a cartridge containing no ball.

   {Blank deed}. See {Deed}.

   {Blank door}, or {Blank window} (Arch.), a depression in a
      wall of the size of a door or window, either for
      symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion
      of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
      

   {Blank indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which omits the
      name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is
      usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on
      the back of the bill.

   {Blank line} (Print.), a vacant space of the breadth of a
      line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.

   {Blank tire} (Mech.), a tire without a flange.

   {Blank tooling}. See {Blind tooling}, under {Blind}.

   {Blank verse}. See under {Verse}.

   {Blank wall}, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead
      wall.
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Cartridge \Car"tridge\ (k[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [Formerly cartrage,
   corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See {Cartouch}.] (Mil.)
   A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held
   together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard,
   or other material.
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   {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a projectile.

   {Blank cartridge}, a cartridge without a projectile.

   {Center-fire cartridge}, a cartridge in which the fulminate
      occupies an axial position usually in the center of the
      base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its
      rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied
      to the middle of the base of the bullet.

   {Rim-fire cartridge}, a cartridge in which the fulminate is
      contained in a rim surrounding its base.

   {Cartridge bag}, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for
      a cannon.

   {Cartridge belt}, a belt having pockets for cartridges.

   {Cartridge box}, a case, usually of leather, attached to a
      belt or strap, for holding cartridges.

   {Cartridge paper}.
   (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges.
   (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also
       for making drawings upon.
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