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Blench \Blench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blenching}.] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS.
blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon.
Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See
{Blink}, and cf. 3d {Blanch}.]
1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of
courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
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Blench not at thy chosen lot. --Bryant.
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This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never
blenched from its fulfillment. --Jeffrey.
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2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
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Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
--Shak.
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