emblanch

English edit

Etymology edit

Verb edit

emblanch (third-person singular simple present emblanches, present participle emblanching, simple past and past participle emblanched)

(obsolete) To whiten.
- 1668, Peter Heylyn, Cyprianus Anglicus:
  it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched

References edit

“emblanch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.