Blench — Defs

01 v. i. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

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.

02 v. t. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.

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.

03 n. A looking aside or askance.

1.
A looking aside or askance.[Obs.]
“These blenches gave my heart another youth.” — Shak.

04 v. i. & t. To grow or make pale.