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