BLANCHARD LATHE
Blan"chard lathe. [After Thomas Blanchard, American inventor.]
(Mach.)
Defn: 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 pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.
BLANCHER
Blanch"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.
BLANCHER
Blanch"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [Obs.]
And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her. Sir P.
Sidney.
And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to
let and stop the light of the gospel. Latimer.
BLANCH HOLDING
Blanch" hold`ing. (Scots Law)
Defn: A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
BLANCHIMETER
Blanch*im"e*ter, n. Etym: [1st blanch + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure.