BL'ANCH, verb transitive 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, verb intransitive 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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