Dictionary entry

Blanch (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blanch, v. t. [See Blench.] 1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

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

Bacon.

I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way.

Reliq. Wot.

2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.