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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1590
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Blanchit, Blanschit, ppl. a. [ME. blanchid, blaunchid (1401), f. blanche, blaunche v., OF. blanchir.] Made white or pale. — 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 51.
Bank, bra, and boddum blanchit [Sm. blanschit] wolx and bair 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 108.
Sum [flowers] … blanchit or brovne c1590 J. Stewart 215/10.
Pale Lucina, blanchit nychtis queine
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