BLENCH
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Blench (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blenched (&unr_;); 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.
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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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2. 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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Blench, v. t. 1. 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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2. 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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Blench, n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]
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These blenches gave my heart another youth.
Shak.
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Blench, v. i. & t. [See 1st Blanch.] To grow or make pale. Barbour.
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