blench
blench · blenches
A deceit; a trickA deceit; a trick.
/blɛnt͡ʃ/
Meaning
2 sensesA deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
Origin
From Middle English blench (noun) and blenchen (verb), from Old English blenċan (“to deceiFrom Middle English blench (noun) and blenchen (verb), from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blankijan, from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).
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