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Definition blench

Etymology 1

From Middle English blenchen, from Old English blen?an (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijan? (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ley?-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).. Doublet of blink, blank, blanch, bleach, and bleak.

Verb

blench (third-person singular simple present blenches, present participle blenching, simple past and past participle blenched)

1. (intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
2. (intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
3. (transitive) To deceive; cheat.
4. (transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
5. (transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
6. (intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.

Noun

blench (plural blenches)

1. A deceit; a trick.
2. A sidelong glance.

Etymology 2

From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”).

Verb

blench (third-person singular simple present blenches, present participle blenching, simple past and past participle blenched)

1. (obsolete) To blanch.

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