[F. blanc white: see BLANK.]
1. White paint (esp. for the face). Cf. BLANCH sb. 1.
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.
1869. Pall Mall Gaz., 29 Sept., 10. Tattooed blue with woad instead of being smeared with rouge and blanc.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 222. Barium Sulphate is used as a paint, and the precipitated salt is termed blanc fixe.
2. A rich stock or gravy in which tripe, etc., is stewed.
3. See BLANK.
