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blanch (1)
"to make white, turn pale," late 14c., from O.Fr.
blanchir
"to whiten, wash," from
blanc
"white" (11c.; see
blank
). Originally "to remove the hull of (almonds, etc.) by soaking." Intransitive sense of "to turn white" is from 1768.
blanch (2)
"to start back, turn aside," 1570s, variant of
blench
(q.v.).