Vocabulary : Blanch to Bland
Blanch : To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. ;; To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together. ;; To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. ;; 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. ;; To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.). ;; To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. ;; Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. ;; To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. ;; To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. ;; To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer. ;; To use evasion. ;; Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.Blanch holding : A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
Blanchard lathe : 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.
Blanched : of Blanch
Blancher : One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose. ;; One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
