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To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to
blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. |
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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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To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as,
to blanch almonds. |
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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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To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.). |
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To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. |
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Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate. |
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To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with
fear; the rose blanches in the sun. |
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To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. |
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To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer. |
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To use evasion. |
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Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals. |
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