blanch

name

1. A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.

   “That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?”

verb

Etymology: Variant of blench, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.

1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

   “Ifs and ands to qualify words of treason; whereby every man might express his malice, and blanch his danger.”

   “I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way.”

2. To cause to turn aside or back.

   “to blanch a deer”

3. To use evasion.

   “Books will speak plain, when counsellors blanch.”