3 entries under this word
[imp. & p. p. BLENCHED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLENCHING.] [See BLANCH.] To shrink; to start back; to give way; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch. “Blench not at thy chosen lot.” Bryant.
This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. Jeffrey.
v. t. 1. To baffle; to disconcert; to break the force of, or render ineffectual. “If ye so should have answered him as I have showed you, though ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further.” Sir T. More.
Sense 2. To flinch from; to draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.] “He now blenched what before he affirmed.” Evelyn.
n. A start or shrinking back. [Obs.] These blenches gave my heart another youth. Shak.