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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 .

A nonplus .

The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .

An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

(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 .

Blank verse .

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 .

A vacant space, place, or period; a void .

The 1 / 230400 of a grain .

An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .

A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word

The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

Short for blank cartridge. .

(in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .