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‖n. [ F., white. ] 1. A white cosmetic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used esp. for braised meat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. blanc white. ] A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanched before it is woven. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blanched p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching. ] [ OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bones ] blanching on the grass. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Blench. ] 1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use evasion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After Thomas Blanchard, American inventor. ] (Mach.) A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Scots Law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1st blanch + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. blancmanger, lit. white food; blanc white + manger to eat. ] (Cookery) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with milk, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Blancmange. ] A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card. ] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble. ] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [ R. ] Osborne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dissemble + -ance. ] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- + 1st blanch. ] To whiten. See Blanch. [ Obs. ] Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Sp. blanco white. ] A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. False resemblance or semblance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ob- + lanceolate. ] Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Sp. blanco white. ] (a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light-colored bark. (b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F., literally, white apple. ] The prairie turnip. See under Prairie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble. ] 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A comparison; a simile. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Semblable, a. ] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]