blanch

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turn pale, as if in fear
cook (vegetables) briefly
To take the color out of, and make white
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
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 grow or become white
To avoid, as from fear
To cause to turn aside or back
To use evasion
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Carolina
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Oklahoma

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