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Definitions for: Blench
[v] turn pale, as if in fear
Webster (1913) Definition: Blench, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blenching.] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS.
blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon.
Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See
Blink, and cf. 3d Blanch.]
1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of
courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
Blench not at thy chosen lot. --Bryant.
This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never
blenched from its fulfillment. --Jeffrey.
2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
--Shak.
Blench, v. t.
1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to
obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.]
Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet
he might and would of likelihood have gone further.
--Sir T. More.
2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]
He now blenched what before he affirmed. --Evelyn.
Blench, n.
A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]
These blenches gave my heart another youth. --Shak.
Blench, v. i. & t. [See 1st Blanch.]
To grow or make pale. --Barbour.
Synonyms: blanch, pale
See Also: color, colour, discolor, discolour
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