to take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.-to bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.-to make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.-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.-to give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).-to cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.-fig.: to whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.-to grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.-to avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.-to cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.-to use evasion.-ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.