blatch

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blatch¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English blacche (“black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual”), from Old English blæċċe (“black matter”).

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable Blacking, blackening.

blatch²

Where it comes from

From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.

verb blatches · blatching · blatched

  1. archaic, transitive To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.

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