blench to start off, to fly off, to shrink, to
flinch,MEASURE FOR MEASURE, iv. 5.
5; THE WINTER'S TALE, i. 2.
333 (where Steevens explains Could man so blench?
by “Could any man so start or fly off from propriety of
behaviour?);” TROILUS
AND CRESSIDA, i. 1. 28; ii. 2. 68; HAMLET, ii. 2. 593.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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