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Webster 1913 Edition
Blanch
Blanch
(blȧnch)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blanched
(blȧncht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blanching
.] 1.
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach;
as, to
. blanch
linen; age has blanched
his hair2.
(Gardening)
To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
3.
(Confectionery & Cookery)
(a)
To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding;
as, to
. blanch
almonds(b)
To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
4.
To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
5.
To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
6.
Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
Blanch
over the blackest and most absurd things. Tillotson.
To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
Blanch
(blȧnch)
, Verb.
I.
To grow or become white;
as, his cheek
. blanched
with fear; the rose blanches
in the sun[Bones]
blanching
on the grass. Tennyson.
1.
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
[Obs.]
Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and
blanch
his danger. Bacon.
I suppose you will not
blanch
Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot.
2.
To cause to turn aside or back;
as, to
. blanch
a deerBlanch
,Verb.
I.
To use evasion.
[Obs.]
Books will speak plain, when counselors
blanch
. Bacon.
Blanch
,Noun.
(Mining)
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blanch
BL'ANCH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.2.
To slur; to balk; to pass over; that is to avoid; to make empty.3.
To strip or peel; as, to blanch almonds.BL'ANCH
,Verb.
I.
Rather, to fail or withhold; to be reserved; to remain blank, or empty.
Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch.