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A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
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A nonplus .
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The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
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A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .
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An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
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(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
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Blank verse .
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A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
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A vacant space, place, or period; a void .
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The 1 / 230400 of a grain .
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An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .
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A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
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The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
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A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
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the double blank
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Short for blank cartridge. .
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(in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .