Part 1170

<h1>Blamer</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blam"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who blames.</def>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Blameworthy</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blame"wor`thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Blame"wor`thi*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Blancard</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blan"card</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>blanc</ets> white.]</ety> <def>A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.</def>

<h1>Blanch</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blanch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blanched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blanching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blanchen</ets>, <ets>blaunchen</ets>, F. <ets>blanchir</ets>, fr. <ets>blanc</ets> white. See <er>Blank</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; <as>as, to <ex>blanch</ex> linen; age has <ex>blanched</ex> his hair.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gardening)</fld> <def>To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Confectionery & Cookery)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; <as>as, to <ex>blanch</ex> almonds</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Blanch</b> over the blackest and most absurd things. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Blanch</er>, <er>Whiten</er>.</syn> <usage> To <i>whiten</i> is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to <i>whiten</i> 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 <i>blanch</i> is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to <i>blanch</i> linen. So the cheek is <i>blanched</i> by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.</usage>

<h1>Blanch</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blanch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow or become white; <as>as, his cheek <ex>blanched</ex> with fear; the rose <ex>blanches</ex> in the sun.</as></def>

<blockquote>[Bones] <b>blanching</b> on the grass. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blanch</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blanch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Blench</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and <b>blanch</b> his danger. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I suppose you will not <b>blanch</b> Paris in your way. <i>Reliq. Wot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to turn aside or back; <as>as, to <ex>blanch</ex> a deer</as>.</def>

<h1>Blanch</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blanch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To use evasion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Books will speak plain, when counselors <b>blanch</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>