·noun A looking aside or askance.
II. Blench ·vi To fly off; to turn aside.
III. Blench ·vt To draw back from; to deny from fear.
IV. Blench ·vi & ·vt To grow or make pale.
V. Blench ·vt To Baffle; to Disconcert; to turn away;
— also, to obstruct; to Hinder.
VI. Blench ·vi To Shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to Flinch; to Quail.