·- ·see Blanch holding.
·noun A looking aside or askance. II. Blench ·vi To fly off; to turn aside. III. Blench ·vt To dra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The burden or chorus of a song. II. Holding ·noun That which holds, binds, or influences. II...
·- A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. ...
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The act of checking the progress of a boat by holding the oar-blades in the water, and bearing the f...
Doing nothing. (See eyelids.) ...