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What (who) is Blench - definition
BRITISH LINGUIST
Blench; Roger M. Blench; R. M. Blench; Roger Marsh Blench; Old North African languages; Draft:Old North African Languages; Old North African Languages; Old Northern African; Old North African; Old North African language; Old Northern African language; Old Northern African languages; Pre-Berber languages; Pre-Berber language
blench
v. (D; intr.) ('to flinch') to blench at (he blenched at the sight)
blench
blench1 [bl?n(t)?]
¦ verb make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.
Origin
OE blencan 'deceive', of Gmc origin.
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blench2 [bl?nt?]
¦ verb chiefly dialect variant spelling of blanch.
blench
I. v. n.
Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, yield, weaken.
II. v. a.
Shrink from, evade, shirk, avoid.
Wikipedia
Roger Blench
Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and works as a consultant.
Examples of use of Blench
1. Only the National Secular Society doesn‘t blench; other rights groups have been muted.
2. We do OK and I bet most of your correspondents would blench at the idea of more council tax to keep a fleet of gritters etc on permanent alert for our 12 hours of inconvenience once a year – Philip, newbury uk What a mess...a few inches of snow and total paralysis!