Definition of blanch

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Blanch (a.) 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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Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds..
Finochio :: Finochio (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher..
Blanchimeter :: Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.)..
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer..
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Endive :: Endive (n.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad..
Emblanch :: Emblanch (v. t.) To whiten. See Blanch.
Blanching :: Blanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blanc.
Chard :: Chard (n.) The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use..
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Blank :: Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. i.) To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants..
Etiolation :: Etiolation (n.) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Blanched :: Blanched (imp. & p. p.) of Blanc.
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