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Blanch  v. t.  (past & past part. blanched; pres. part. blanching)  
1.
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
2.
(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."
Synonyms: To Blanch, Whiten. 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  v. t.  
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." "I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way."
2.
To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.


Blanch  v. i.  To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. "(Bones) blanching on the grass."


Blanch  v. i.  To use evasion. (Obs.) "Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch."





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"Blanched" Quotes from Famous Books



... their stems has deprived them of their sap; the ivory bill of the log-cock has stripped them of their bark; their leaves and twigs have long since disappeared; and only the trunks and greater branches remain, like blanched skeletons, with arms upstretched to heaven, as if mutely appealing for vengeance ...
— The Wild Huntress - Love in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid
... the party spoke; Isabel and the other matron blanched in each other's faces; their husbands maintained a stolid resignation. When they stepped out of their trap into the waiting room at the top, "What I like about these little adventures," said Mr. Richard to Basil, abruptly, "is getting safely out of them. Good-morning, sir." ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... was striking. It was blanched to a dead whiteness; the lips compressed as if to keep within some tale of horror; the eyes distended and unnatural. It was ...
— Mary Barton • Elizabeth Gaskell
... a saltspoonful of thyme. Let the whole boil gently for four or five hours, till the barley is quite soft and eatable. Thicken the soup very slightly with a little white roux, season it with pepper and salt. Before serving the soup, add a tablespoonful of chopped blanched parsley. ...
— Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet • A. G. Payne
... cannon of a hostile fleet are thundering at your ports; when your lumbering craft are flying before the rapacious grasp of quick-heeled cruisers, and fiery bombs are hissing through the pure air, bursting in your marble palaces and blasting your stores of wealth to dust, then you will turn with blanched faces to the sea, and wonder why you have so long forgotten the noble hearts and stalwart arms that once were thrown ...
— Captain Brand of the "Centipede" • H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise


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