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blanch
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. i.
To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear;
the rose blanches in the sun.
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[Bones] blanching on the grass. --Tennyson.
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\, v. t. [See Blench.]
1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
[Obs.]
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Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason,
whereby every man might express his malice and
blanch his danger. --Bacon.
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I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way.
--Reliq. Wot.
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2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) 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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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.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: 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.
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\, v. i.
To use evasion. [Obs.]
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Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch.
--Bacon.
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\, n. (Mining)
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
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blanch
(wn) | blanch
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] |
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blanch
(encz) | blanch,zblednout v: Zdeněk Brož |
blanchard
(encz) | Blanchard,Blanchard n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
blanche
(encz) | Blanche,Blanche n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
blanched
(encz) | blanched,zbledl Zdeněk Brož |
carte blanche
(encz) | carte blanche, |
pomme blanche
(encz) | pomme blanche, n: |
blanchard
(czen) | Blanchard,Blanchardn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
blanche
(czen) | Blanche,Blanchen: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Blanch holding
(gcide) | Blanch holding \Blanch" hold`ing\ (bl[.a]nch" h[=o]ld`[i^]ng).
(Scots Law)
A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent
(silver) or otherwise.
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Blanchard lathe
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
called also lay and batten.
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Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.
Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from
its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.
Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
metals, cutting screws, etc.
Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
the foot.
Geometric lathe. See under Geometric
Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
without an automatic feed for the tool.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe.
Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
cutting tool is held in the other.
[1913 Webster]Blanchard lathe \Blan"chard lathe\ [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.
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Blanched
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) 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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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.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: 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.
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blanched etiolate etiolated whitened
(gcide) | Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
See: achromatic, colorless.]
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2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
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3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] colored
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
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Blancher
(gcide) | Blancher \Blanch"er\ (bl[.a]nch"[~e]e), 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]Blancher \Blanch"er\, n.
One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [Obs.]
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And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer
from her. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to
the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.
--Latimer.
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Blanchimeter
(gcide) | Blanchimeter \Blanch*im"e*ter\ (bl[.a]nch*[i^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[1st blanch + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride
of lime and potash; a chlorometer. --Ure.
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Blanching
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) 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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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.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: 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.
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Carte blanche
(gcide) | Carte blanche \Carte` blanche"\ [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.
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Emblanch
(gcide) | Emblanch \Em*blanch"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.]
To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] --Heylin.
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Pomme blanche
(gcide) | Pomme blanche \Pomme` blanche"\ [F., literally, white apple.]
The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.
[1913 Webster]Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.
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From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.
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2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.
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Prairie chicken (Zool.), any American grouse of the genus
Tympanuchus, especially Tympanuchus Americanus
(formerly Tympanuchus cupido), which inhabits the
prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the
sharp-tailed grouse.
Prairie clover (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.
Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.
Prairie dog (Zool.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
Prairie grouse. Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie hare (Zool.), a large long-eared Western hare
(Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon (Zool.), a falcon of Western
North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are
brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under
parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
Prairie hen. (Zool.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called swamp itch,
winter itch.
Prairie marmot. (Zool.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
Prairie mole (Zool.), a large American mole ({Scalops
argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.
Prairie pigeon, Prairie plover, or Prairie snipe
(Zool.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2.
Prairie rattlesnake (Zool.), the massasauga.
Prairie snake (Zool.), a large harmless American snake
(Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.
Prairie squirrel (Zool.), any American ground squirrel of
the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called
also gopher.
Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
Prairie warbler (Zool.), a bright-colored American warbler
(Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a
group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and
the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of
the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer
tail feathers partly white.
Prairie wolf. (Zool.) See Coyote.
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pomme blanche
(gcide) | Pomme blanche \Pomme` blanche"\ [F., literally, white apple.]
The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.
[1913 Webster]Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.
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From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.
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2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.
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Prairie chicken (Zool.), any American grouse of the genus
Tympanuchus, especially Tympanuchus Americanus
(formerly Tympanuchus cupido), which inhabits the
prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the
sharp-tailed grouse.
Prairie clover (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.
Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.
Prairie dog (Zool.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
Prairie grouse. Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie hare (Zool.), a large long-eared Western hare
(Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon (Zool.), a falcon of Western
North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are
brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under
parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
Prairie hen. (Zool.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called swamp itch,
winter itch.
Prairie marmot. (Zool.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
Prairie mole (Zool.), a large American mole ({Scalops
argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.
Prairie pigeon, Prairie plover, or Prairie snipe
(Zool.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2.
Prairie rattlesnake (Zool.), the massasauga.
Prairie snake (Zool.), a large harmless American snake
(Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.
Prairie squirrel (Zool.), any American ground squirrel of
the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called
also gopher.
Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
Prairie warbler (Zool.), a bright-colored American warbler
(Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a
group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and
the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of
the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer
tail feathers partly white.
Prairie wolf. (Zool.) See Coyote.
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blanch
(wn) | blanch
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] |
blanched
(wn) | blanched
adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned
ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak
with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock";
"lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;
"lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn:
ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white]
2: (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being
deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: etiolate,
etiolated, blanched] |
blanching agent
(wn) | blanching agent
n 1: an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn:
bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener] |
carte blanche
(wn) | carte blanche
n 1: complete freedom or authority to act |
pomme blanche
(wn) | pomme blanche
n 1: densely hairy perennial of central North America having
edible tuberous roots [syn: breadroot, {Indian
breadroot}, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, {Psoralea
esculenta}] |
BLANCH FIRMES
(bouvier) | BLANCH FIRMES. The same as white rent. (q. v.)
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CARTE BLANCHE
(bouvier) | CARTE BLANCHE. The signature of an individual or more, on a while. paper,
with a sufficient space left above it to write a note or other writing.
2. In the course of business, it not unfrequently occurs that for the
sake of convenience, signatures in blank are given with authority to fill
them up.. These are binding upon the parties. But the blank must be filled
up by the very person authorized. 6 Mart. L. R. 707. Vide Ch. on Bills, 702
Penna. R. 200. Vide Blank.
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