To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.

To slur; to balk; to pass over; that is to avoid; to make empty.

To strip or peel; as, to blanch almonds.

To evade; to shift; to speak softly. Rather, to fail or withhold; to be reserved; to remain blank, or empty. Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch.