blamer (blamer)

One who blames, finds fault, or censures: as, " blamers of the times," Donne, To Counte of Bedford, iii. blameworthine (blām 'wer" Thi-nes), n. [ Praise and actually are, praisewor thine and blameworthine what naturally ought to be, the sentiments of other people with regard to our charac Adam Smith , Theory of Moral Sentiments, iii. 3. Blame I can bear, though not blameworthine . Browning , Ring and Book, I. 140. blameworthy (blām' wêr" тні), а . [ blameworthy , blameworthy , he affirms, because the man was heinously vicious. Milton , Divorce, ii. 22. blanc (blangk; F. pron. blon), n. [OF. blanc, a silver coin (see def. 2), IMG:content-2146.png:[blocks in formation] Blanc of Henry VI., British Museum. (Size of the original.) grains, struck by Henry VI. of England (14221461) for his French dominions. Sometimes spelled blank or blanck. Have you any money? he answered, Not a blanck . B. Jonson, Gayton's Fest. Night. 2. A French silver coin, first i ued by Philip of Valois (1328-1350) at the value of 10 deniers, or 4 livre. Under King John the Good (1350-1364) the blanc was coined at 5 deniers. Under Charles VI. and Blanc of Charles VI. of France, British Museum. (Size of the original.) his succe ors the blanc was worth 10 deniers, and the dem i-blanc 5 deniers. From Louis XI. to Francis I. a grand blanc was i ued worth 12 deniers, or 6 livre, and a petit blanc of one half that value. After the time of Francis I. the grand blanc was no longer coined; but the petit blanc was retained as a money of account, and was reckoned at 5 deniers, or livre; it was commonly called simply blanc. The blanc was coined according to both the tour no is and the paris is systems, the latter coins, like others of the same system, being worth one quarter more than those of the same name in the former system. 3. A white paint, especially for the face.-4. A piece of ware such as is generally decorated, sold or delivered without its decoration. At the Sèvres and other porcelain-factories pieces not quite perfect in shape are sold undecorated, but bearing a special ineffaceable mark, which distinguishes them from those finished in the factory. 5. A rich stock or gravy in which made dishes or entrées are sometimes served. - Blanc d'argent, a pigment, the carbonate of lead, or white lead, usually found in commerce in small drops. - Blanc fixe, an artificially prepared sulphate of barium, made by di olv ing witherite (carbonate of barium) in hydrochloric acid, and precipitating this solution with sulphuric acid. It is met with in commerce in a pulpy state in water, and is used as an adulterant of paper, pigments, etc. blancard (blang'kärd), n. [F., the thread is half blanched before it is woven. blanch1 (blanch), a. and n. [Also written blench; fem. of blanc, white: see blank, a.] I. a. 1†. White; pale.-21. Same as blench2. - Blanch farm. See blanch-farm. Blanch fevert [F. "fevres blanches, the agues wherewith maidens that have the green-sickne be troubled," Cotgrave ], literally, pale fever; hence, to have the blanch fever is either to be in love or to be sick with wantonne . IMG:content-2147.png:[blocks in formation] [Early mod. E. also II. n. 11. Same as blanc , 3.-21. A white spot on the skin.-3. In mining , a piece of ore found isolated in the hard rock. R. Hunt . [Eng.] blanch1 (blanch), v. blaunch; ME. blaunchen , blanchen , blan chir (F. blanchir ), blanc (> ME. blank , blanch ), white: see blank .] I. trans . 1. To make white; whiten by depriving of color; render colorle : as, to blanch linen.-2. In hort ., to whiten or prevent from becoming green by excluding the light: a proce applied to the stems or leaves of plants, such as celery, lettuce, sea-kale, etc. It is done by banking up earth about the stems of the plants, tying the leaves together to keep the inner ones from the light, or covering with pots, boxes, or the like. 3. To make pale, as with sickne , fear, cold, etc. Keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, Shak ., Macbeth, iii. 4. When mine are blanch'd with fear. 4t. Figuratively, to give a fair appearance to, as an immoral act; palliate; slur; pa over. They extoll Const an tine because he extol'd them; as thienkheit i stories branch the Kings Benefactors, and brand that went about their Correctors. Milton , Ref. in Eng., i. Til lots on, Works, I. 30. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. 5. In cookery, to soak (as meat or vegetables) in hot water, or to scald by a short, rapid boiling, for the purpose of producing firmne or whitene .-6. In the arts, to whiten or make lustrous (as metals) by acids or other means; also, to cover with a thin coating of tin. - To blanch almonds, to deprive them of their skins by immersion in hot water and a little friction, after their shells have been removed. One word more, and I'll blanch thee like an almond. Fletcher, Wife for a Month, i. 2. =Syn. 1 and 2. Etiolate, etc. See whiten. II. in trans. To become white; turn pale. The ripple would hardly blanch into spray At the feet of the cliff. Tennyson, The Wreck. Drew his toil-worn sleeve acro To brush the manly tear From cheeks that never changed in woe, And never blanched in fear. O. W. Holmes, Pilgrim's Vision. blanch2+ (blanch), v. [A corruption of blench1 , simulating blanch1 , turn pale: see blench1.j I. trans . To shun or avoid, as from fear; evade. The judges... thought it dangerous to ad- mit ifs and ands to qualifie the words of treason, whereby every man might expre e his malice and blanch his dan- ger. Bacon , Hen. VII., p. 134. By whose import uni tie was the saile slacken'd in the first encounter with the Dutch, or whether I am to blanch this particular? Evelyn , To my Lord Treasurer. II. in trans . To shrink; shift; equivocate. Books will speak plain when counsellors blanch . Bacon, Of Counsel. blanched (blancht), p . a . Whitened; deprived of color; bleached. And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep, In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender'd. Keats, Eve of St. Agnes, xxx. Specifically applied to coins and silver articles contain ing copper which have been submitted to the action of hot dilute sulphuric acid, to di olve a part of the copper of the alloy on the surface, and leave a film or coating richer in silver. Blanched copper, an alloy of copper and arsenic, in about the proportion of 10 of the former to 1 of the latter. It is used for clock-dials and thermometer and barometer-scales. It is prepared by heating copper clip pings with white arsenic (arsenious acid), arranged in alternate layers and covered with common salt, in an earthen crucible.