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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blench not at thy chosen lot. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fly off; to turn aside. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Though sometimes you do blench from this to that. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He now blenched what before he affirmed. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A looking aside or askance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These blenches gave my heart another youth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ See 1st Blanch. ] To grow or make pale. Barbour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) See Blanch holding. [ 1913 Webster ]