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31blanch — v. 1 tr. make white or pale by extracting colour. 2 intr. & tr. grow or make pale from shock, fear, etc. 3 tr. Cookery a peel (almonds etc.) by scalding. b immerse (vegetables or meat) briefly in boiling water. 4 tr. whiten (a plant) by depriving …
32Blanch holding — Blanch hold ing (Scots Law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. [1913 Webster] …
33Blanch fee — Blanch fee, or blanch holding (from Fr. blanc , white),an ancient tenure in Scottish land law, the duty payable being in silver or white money in contradistinction to gold. The phrase was afterwards applied to any holding of which the quit rent… …
34Blanch, North Carolina — Blanch (formerly, Blanche) is an unincorporated community in Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina, between North Carolina Highway 86, and North Carolina Highway 62, at an elevation of 387 feet (118 m).References*gnis|981582 …
35Blanch, Anita — (Ana Blanch Ruiz) (1910 1983) popular, Spanish born stage actress who moved to films in the 1940s; played mostly character roles as long suffering mothers, nuns, etc., into the 1970s. Nominated for a Best Actress Ariel for La barraca ( 44),… …
36Blanch Appleton — Shown in Agas (G) map, 1578. It is variously described as a manor, a messuage, a district, etc., and was situated at the north east end of Mark Lane, in the ward of Aldgate. The earliest notice occurs in a confirmation by Robert de… …
37Blanch Appleton Court — East out of Mark Lane, near Fenchurch Street. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 82). Other names : Blind Chapel Court (Hatton, 1708). Blanch Chaplin Court (Strype s maps, 1720 and 1755). A tradesman s token bearing the Cooper s… …
38Blanch, Lesley — ▪ 2008 British writer and traveler born June 6, 1904, London, Eng. died May 7, 2007, Menton, France delighted readers with many books that, like her life, were full of romance and adventure. Branch s travels took her to Russia, Bulgaria,… …
39Blanch Chaplin Court — See Blanch Appleton Court …
40blanch — verb Etymology: Middle English blaunchen, from Anglo French blanchir, from blanc, adjective, white more at blank Date: 15th century transitive verb to take the color out of: as a. to bleach by excluding light b. to scald or parboil in water or… …
