▪ I. blanc
obs. form of blank.
▪ II. ‖ blanc
(blɑ̃)
[F. blanc white: see blank.]
1. White paint (esp. for the face). Cf. blanch n. 1. blanc fixe: sulphate of barium used esp. as an extender in paint.
| 1764 Mrs. Harris in Priv. Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury I. 112 She..would look very agreeable if she added blanc to the rouge instead of gamboge. 1866 Roscoe Elem. Chem. xx. 179 Barium Sulphate..is used as a paint, and the precipitated salt is termed blanc fixé. 1869 Pall Mall G. 29 Sept. 10 Tattooed blue with woad instead of being smeared with rouge and blanc. 1904 Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 54/1 Blanc fixe, an artificial sulphate of barium, very white and fine and somewhat heavy. Principally used in papermaking and in the manufacture of wallpaper colours. 1963 R. Higham Handbk. Papermaking iv. 90 Blanc fixe is still used in the preparation of photographic base papers because of its soft powder structure and slightly higher opacity than the barytes form. |
2. A rich stock or gravy in which tripe, etc. is stewed.
| 1845 Bregion & Miller Pract. Cook 40 Blanc, a rich broth or gravy, in which the French cook palates lamb's head, and many other things. 1869 M. Jewry Warne's Model Cookery 20/1 First-rate cooks preserve the whiteness of their boiled meats..by..using..a sort of broth..called blanc. 1952 F. White Good Eng. Food II. iii. 130 To Make a Blanc..do not take off the fat as the blanc cooks. |
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