unˈblanched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not bleached.
| a 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 11 Take almondes unblanchyd, wasshe hom and grynd. 1598 Epulario D j, Take a pound and a half of Almonds vnblanched. 1658 A. Fox Würtz' Surg., Children's Bk. 342 Course unblanched linnen. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Sallet, With unblanch'd Endive, Succory and Purslane. 1842 Loudon Suburban Hort. 677 The points of the unblanched leaves are used to flavour soups. |