Blancard

[Fr. blanchard, from blanc, white. A kind of linen cloth manufactured in Normandy. Blanc d'Argent, n. [Fr., silver-white.] ( Puint.) This is a false appellation for a white lead, called also French white. It is first produced in the form of dro , is exquisitely white, and has all the properties of the best white leads; but, being liable to the same changes as the flake-white, it is unfit for general use as a water color, though good in oils or varnish. Blanch, ( blansh , ) v. a. [Fr. blanchir .] To make to shine; to whiten; to make white by taking out the color; to change to white. "And sin's black dye seems blanch d by age to virtue. -Dryden. -To strip or peel such things as have husks. "Their suppers may be bisket, raisins, and a few blanched almonds. Wiseman. -r. n. To grow white; as, his cheeks blanched with fear. Blanchard, (blom's hahr,) FRANCO IS, a French aëronaut, B. in 1738, was distinguished from his youth by his mechanical inventions. After making his first aërostatic voyage in 1784, he cro ed the Channel from Dover to Calais, in 1785; for which exploit he was rewarded by the king of France with 12,000 francs, and a pension of 1,200 f. He first made use of a parachute in London, in 1785; went through various countries on the Continent, exhibiting his aëronautic skill; visited America with the same olject; and, returning in 1798, ascended at Rouen IMG:content-0647.png:[blocks in formation] BLANCHARD, continued to make aërial voyages; but in 'Tis all blank sadne , or continual fears."-Pope. June, 1819, having ascended from Tivoli, in Paris, her - Without rhyme; when the rhyme is blanched or omitted. balloon took fire, at a considerable height, owing to some fireworks which she carried with her, the car fell, and the haple aëronaut was dashed to pieces. Blanch'ard, in Maine, a post-township of Piscataquis co., 120 m. N.E. of August a. Blanchard, in Ohio, a thriving township of Hancock co. -A township of Hard in co. -A township of Putnam co. Blanchard's Bridge, in Ohio, a post-village of Hancock co., Hancock township. Blanchard's Fork, in Ohio , takes its rise in the central part of the State, and falls in the Auglaize River in Putnam co. Blanchardsville, in Wisconsin, a post-office of Lafayette co. Blanche, in Mi ouri, a post-office of Douglas co. Blanche Furnace, in Pennsylvania, a village of Mercer co. "Our blank verse, when there is no rhyme to support the expre ion, is extremely difficult to such as are not masters in the tongue."