Blench Definition
blĕnch
blenches
verb
blenches
To make or become pale; whiten; bleach.
Webster's New World
To shrink back, as in fear; flinch; quail.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) (of the eye) To quail.
Wiktionary
To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
Wiktionary
Origin of Blench
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From Middle English blenchen, from Old English blencan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to burn, shine, scorch”). Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English blenchen from Old English blencan to deceive bhel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”).
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