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Blanching

BL'ANCHING

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Whitening. In coinage, the operation of giving brightness to pieces of silver,by heating them on a peel, and afterwards boiling them successively in two pans of copper, with aqua fortis, common salt, and tartar of Montpelier; then draining off the water in a sieve; sand and fresh water are then thrown over them, and when dry, they are rubbed with a towel.
The covering of iron plates with a thin coat of tin is also called blanching.
Blanch-fern, or blank farm, in ancient law, a white farm, was one, where the rent was paid in silver, not in cattle.
Blanch-holding, in law, a tenure by which the tenant is bound to pay only an elusory yearly duty to his superior, as an acknowledgment to his right.

Definition 2024

blanching

blanching

English

Verb

blanching

  1. present participle of blanch

Noun

blanching ‎(plural blanchings)

  1. The act by which something is blanched.
    • 1999, Marilyn Tausend, Cocina De La Familia
      Multiple blanchings soften the flesh of the chiles and subdue their heat a bit.

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