Bleach

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 68

blech. v. [bleached (blecht), bleaching.] To make white, or whiter, by removing the original color; to blanch.— v. To grow white. [AS. Use can, Sw. bleka, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, to bleach; AS. Mac, pale.] — Bleach'er, n.— Bleach'ery, -er-T, n. A place for bleaching. — Bleaching, n. Act or art of whitening, esp. of whitening fabrics by chemical agents, etc.