BL'ANCH, v.t. 1. To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.2. To slur; to balk; to pass over; that is to avoid; to make empty.3. To strip or peel; as, to blanch almonds.BL'ANCH, v.i. To evade; to shift; to speak softly. Rather, to fail or withhold; to be reserved; to remain blank, or empty. Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch.
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