Blanch |
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. |
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Blanch |
To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together. |
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Blanch |
To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. |
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Blanch |
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. |
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Blanch |
To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.). |
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