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
- Blacking, blackening.
blatch²
Where it comes from
From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.
verb blatches · blatching · blatched
- To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.