Flinch

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of Flinching.

II. Flinch ·vi To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

III. Flinch ·vi To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to Shrink; to Wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.

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