Associations to the word «Blench»

Wiktionary

BLENCH, verb. (intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
BLENCH, verb. (intransitive) (of the eye) To quail.
BLENCH, verb. (transitive) To deceive; cheat.
BLENCH, verb. (transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
BLENCH, verb. (transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
BLENCH, verb. (intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
BLENCH, noun. A deceit; a trick.
BLENCH, noun. A sidelong glance.
BLENCH, verb. (obsolete) To blanch.
BLENCH HOLDING, noun. Alternative form of blanch holding
BLENCH HOLDINGS, noun. Plural of blench holding

Dictionary definition

BLENCH, verb. Turn pale, as if in fear.

Wise words

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