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blencher

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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.
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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.
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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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