English English Dictionary
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Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.
In a blameless manner.
The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.
One who blames.
Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.
of Blame
A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
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 avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
To use evasion.
To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.