blench
verb
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Pronunciation: /blɛnt͡ʃ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).
- A deceit; a trick.
- A sidelong glance.
“These blenches gave my heart another youth.”
verb
Etymology: From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”).
- To blanch.
“The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.”