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A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyran…

Whitened; make white. Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron.

One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.

A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

Blessed. "This patriarch blest." Milton. White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull.

The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.…

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom.

. Through the court his courtesy was blown. Dryden. His language does his knowledge blow. Whiting.

ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment. -- Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. -- Blue pill. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.…

A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

a, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu. Whittier.

An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln. The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving.

A botch; a patch. [Dial.] Whitlock.

st Africa, and B. isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.

The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.

A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.

A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.