a name given to certain linen cloths, so called from the thread used in weaving them being half blanched or bleached before it is used.

BLANCHE-FERME, or Blank farm, means a farm, the rent of which is paid in silver, not in cattle. In ancient times the crown rents were often reserved to be paid in libris albis, called blanka firmae; in which case the buyer was holden deblare firmam, that is, his base money, or coin below the standard, was melted down in the exche- quer, and reduced to the fineness of standard silver, or, in- stead of this, he paid the king twelve pence in the pound by way of addition.

BLANCI-Holding, in Law, is a tenure by which the vas- sal is only bound to pay an clusory yearly duty to his su- perior merely as an acknowledgment of his right.