blenchingn.

/ˈblɛnʃɪŋ/

Etymology: Formed as blench v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of blench v.¹:

†a. Turning to one side, swerving, shying.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course

blenching1398

turna1400

misdrawing?a1425

swerving1545

digression1552

sklenting1568

excursion1603

diverting1611

diversion1626

deflection1646

deflexure1656

prevarication1672

deviation1675

evagation1692

departurea1694

swerve1736

twist1798

out-throw1855

throw1858

turnaway1922

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxxix. 436 The reremous fleeth in the eue tyde wyth brekynge and blenchynge and swyfte meuynge.

†b. turning away of the eyes (? blinking, winking).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking

prinkOE

twinklinga1300

blenching1393

twink14..

blenking?a1505

twinking1519

twinkle1548

connivance1596

winka1616

nictation1623

shailing1653

nictitation1794

blinking1871

blink1924

bat1932

saccade1953

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 8 I stonde still, withoute blenching of min eye.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. v. 32 Angels..beholde streyght..in god..wythout blenchynge of theyr eyen.

c. flinching, quailing, loss of courage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > cowering or blenching

funking1823

blenching1868

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling

wondingc1440

recoil1567

shrinking1580

flinching1600

shrugginga1617

reluctancea1628

blanching1642

smaying1678

shying1796

flinch1817

funking1823

blenching1868

recoiling1892

1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 186 He saw without blenching the rope by which he was to be strangled.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

blenchingadj.

Etymology: Formed as blench v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblenching.

Causing the eyes to turn away or flinch.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing flinching

blenching1833

1833 E. B. Browning Grief in Poems (1850) I. 326 Under the blenching, vertical eye-glare Of the absolute Heavens.

1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 186 Let him now hurl his blenching lightnings down.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	blenching
释义	blenchingn. /ˈblɛnʃɪŋ/ Etymology: Formed as blench v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of blench v.¹: †a. Turning to one side, swerving, shying. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course blenching1398 turna1400 misdrawing?a1425 swerving1545 digression1552 sklenting1568 excursion1603 diverting1611 diversion1626 deflection1646 deflexure1656 prevarication1672 deviation1675 evagation1692 departurea1694 swerve1736 twist1798 out-throw1855 throw1858 turnaway1922 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxxix. 436 The reremous fleeth in the eue tyde wyth brekynge and blenchynge and swyfte meuynge. †b. turning away of the eyes (? blinking, winking). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking prinkOE twinklinga1300 blenching1393 twink14.. blenking?a1505 twinking1519 twinkle1548 connivance1596 winka1616 nictation1623 shailing1653 nictitation1794 blinking1871 blink1924 bat1932 saccade1953 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 8 I stonde still, withoute blenching of min eye. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. v. 32 Angels..beholde streyght..in god..wythout blenchynge of theyr eyen. c. flinching, quailing, loss of courage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > cowering or blenching funking1823 blenching1868 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling wondingc1440 recoil1567 shrinking1580 flinching1600 shrugginga1617 reluctancea1628 blanching1642 smaying1678 shying1796 flinch1817 funking1823 blenching1868 recoiling1892 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 186 He saw without blenching the rope by which he was to be strangled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). blenchingadj. Etymology: Formed as blench v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblenching. Causing the eyes to turn away or flinch. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing flinching blenching1833 1833 E. B. Browning Grief in Poems (1850) I. 326 Under the blenching, vertical eye-glare Of the absolute Heavens. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 186 Let him now hurl his blenching lightnings down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1393adj.1833
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