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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blench \Blench\, 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.
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              Blench not at thy chosen lot.         --Bryant.
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              This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never
              blenched from its fulfillment.        --Jeffrey.
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     2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
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              Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
                                                    --Shak.
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