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To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch. See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pat…

One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.

An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure.

A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

A flange. [R.]. (Her.)

Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.

A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

In a melancholy manner.

The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.

Melancholy. [R.] Milton.

One affected with melancholy or dejection. [Obs.] Glanvill.

To make melancholy.

Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.