=Blanck manger=, _n._ [Form of _blancmange_.] ?'A dish composed
usually of fowl, but also of other meat, minced with cream, rice,
almonds, sugar, eggs, etc.' _NED._ 1. 6. 240.
=Blank=, _n._ 'A small French coin, originally of silver, but
afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V. current in the
parts of France then held by the English. According to Littre, the
French _blanc_ was worth 5 deniers.
The
application
of the name in
the 17th Cen.
is uncertain.' _NED._ 3. 3. 33.
=Blesse=, _v._ ?To protect, save (from). 4. 4. 187.
=Blocke=, _n._ A mould. _Spec._ _Brokers blocke_:
A mould for clothes in a pawnbroker's shop.
