To flinch, wince, or recoil; a variant or dialectal form of 'blench.'
Variant spelling or dialectal form of 'blench,' possibly influenced by or related to 'blink,' showing how similar-sounding words can shift meanings across regions.
In Scots English, 'blenk' is still a living word, while 'blench' is more archaic—showing how regional dialects preserve old words that disappear from standard English, creating linguistic fossils.
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