GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   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.]
   To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
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   Blench not at thy chosen lot.
   Bryant.
   
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   This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment.
   Jeffrey.
   
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   To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
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   Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
   Shak.
   
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2.       
   Blench, v. t.
   To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.]
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   Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further.
   Sir T. More.
   
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   To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]
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   He now blenched what before he affirmed.
   Evelyn.
   
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3.       
   Blench, n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]
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   These blenches gave my heart another youth.
   Shak.
   
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4.       
   Blench, v. i. & t. [See 1st Blanch.] To grow or make pale.
   Barbour.
   
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