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blench

1  [blench]
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–verb (used without object)
to shrink; flinch; quail: an unsteady eye that blenched under another's gaze.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME blenchen, OE blencan; c. ON blekkja, MHG blenken

Related forms:
blencher, noun
blench⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
See wince.

blench

2  [blench]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become pale or white; blanch.
Origin:
1805–15; var. of blanch 1
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blanch   (blānch)   
v.   blanched also blenched, blanch·ing also blench·ing, blanch·es also blench·es

v.   tr.

  1. To take the color from; bleach.

  2. To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.

  3. To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin.

    1. To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin.

    2. To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish.

  5. To cause to turn white or become pale.

v.   intr.
To turn white or become pale: Their faces blanched in terror.

[Middle English blaunchen, to make white, from Old French blanchir, from blanche, feminine of blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blanch'er n.
blench 1   (blěnch)   
intr.v.   blenched, blench·ing, blench·es
To draw back or shy away, as from fear; flinch.

[Middle English blenchen, from Old English blencan, to deceive; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blench'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

blench 
O.E. blencan "deceive," from P.Gmc. *blankjanan. Sense of "move suddenly, wince, dodge" is from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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