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Blench v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blenched p. pr. & vb. n. Blenching.]
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. To grow or make pale.
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blench
v : turn pale, as if in fear [syn: pale, blanch]