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Lanched
(gcide) | Lanch \Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See Launch,
Lance.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. --Dryden &
Lee.
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blanched
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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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Flanched
(gcide) | Flanched \Flanched\, a. (Her.)
Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those
bearings.
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Planched
(gcide) | Planch \Planch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Planching.] [F. planche a board, plank. See Plank.]
To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [Obs.] "To
that vineyard is a planched gate." --Shak.
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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] |
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