(blanch, blänch) v.t.
1. To remove the color from; bleach.
2. To cause to turn pale, as from fear or anger.
3. To remove the skin of, as almonds, by scalding.
4. To whiten, as meat, by scalding.
5. Bot. To bleach by removing from light, as celery or endives.
6. Metall. To whiten or brighten (metals), as with acids or by coating with tin.
—v.i.
7. To turn or become white or pale. See synonyms under BLEACH.
—adjective
1. In heraldry, white; argent.
2. In English law, based on a slight payment, often in silver: said of tenures.
3. In Scottish law, designating a merely nominal quit-rent, as a pair of gloves, or the tenure thus held. [<F blanchir <blanc white]
—blanch′er noun

(blanch, blänch) v.t.
To turn, as a deer, aside or back. [Var. of BLENCH¹]

(blanch, blänch)
A feminine personal name. Also Blanche, Fr. Blanche (bläsh), Ital. Bian·ca (byäng′kä), Sp. Blan·ca (bläng′·kä). [<Gmc., white, shining]