Blanch definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BL'ANCH, v.t. 1 ... to make empty. 3. To strip or peel; as, to blanch almonds. BL'ANCH, v.i. To evade; to shift; to ... remain blank, or empty. Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: turn pale, as if in fear [syn: pale, blanch, blench] 2: cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them" [syn: blanch, parboil] Merriam Webster's verb Etymology: Middle English blaunchen, from ... a plant) by depriving it of light. Phrases and idioms: blanch over give a deceptively good impression of (a fault ...
... with a thin coat of tin is also called blanching. Blanch-fern, or blank farm, in ancient law, a white farm ... where the rent was paid in silver, not in cattle. Blanch-holding, in law, a tenure by which the tenant is ... as an acknowledgment to his right. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blanch Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n ... color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. 2. (Gardening) To bleach ... by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, ...
... etiolated celery" [syn: etiolate, etiolated, blanched] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blanch Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n ... color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. 2. (Gardening) To bleach ... by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by ... to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. --Tillotson. Syn: To Blanch, Whiten. Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, ...
... s 1828 Dictionary BLENCH, v.i. [This evidently is the blanch of Bacon [see Blanch.] and perhaps the modern flinch.] To shrink; to start back ... v 1: turn pale, as if in fear [syn: pale, blanch, blench] Merriam Webster's I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English ... courage ; flinch Synonyms: see recoil II. verb Etymology: alteration of blanch Date: 1813 bleach, whiten Oxford Reference Dictionary v.intr. flinch ... make to wink, to deceive. See Blink, and cf. 3d Blanch.] 1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from ... s 1913 Dictionary Blench Blench, v. i. & t. [See 1st Blanch.] To grow or make pale. --Barbour. Soule's Dictionary ...
... WHITEN, v.t. hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth. WHITEN, v.i. To grow white ... Whit"en, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth ... whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. --Macaulay. Syn: See Blanch. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (whitens, whitening, whitened) When something whitens ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Bleach, blanch, etiolate, make white. 2. Cover with white, make white. II. v. n. Bleach, blanch, etiolate, become or grow white. Moby Thesaurus achromatize, besnow, blanch, bleach, bleach out, blench, blush, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, ...
... colorless, white, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blanch white; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at ... blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf ... also AS. blanc white. ?98. See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch.] 1. Of a white or pale color; without color. To ... p. p. Blanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanking.] [Cf. 3d Blanch.] 1. To make void; to annul. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit ...
... of the sun, as plants. E'TIOLATE, v.t. To blanch; to whiten by excluding the sun's rays. WordNet (r ... Etiolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or ... Dictionary Etiolate E"ti*o*late, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white. II. v. n. Become white ...
... or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white. II. v. n. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, grow or become white. Moby Thesaurus achromatization, achromatize, besnow, blanch, blanching, bleach out, bleacher, bleaching, bleaching agent, bleaching powder, blench ...
Blanchimeter definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BLANCHIM'ETER, n. [blanch, and Gr. measure.] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power ... chloride] of lime, and potash. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blanchimeter Blanch*im"e*ter, n. [1st blanch + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride ...
... who anneals, and cleanses money. Merriam Webster's noun see blanch Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blancher Blanch"er, n. One who, or that which, blanches or whitens ... chemical preparation for this purpose. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blancher Blanch"er, n. One who, or that which, frightens away or ...
... blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf ... also AS. blanc white. ?98. See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch.] 1. Of a white or pale color; without color. To ...
... blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf ... also AS. blanc white. ?98. See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch.] 1. Of a white or pale color; without color. To ...
... p. p. Blanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanking.] [Cf. 3d Blanch.] 1. To make void; to annul. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit ...