"blatch" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English blacche (“black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual”), from Old English blæċċe (“black matter”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blacche|t=black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual}} Middle English blacche (“black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual”), {{inh|en|ang|blæċċe|t=black matter}} Old English blæċċe (“black matter”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} blatch (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Blacking, blackening. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blatch-en-noun-4bHyjgAW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: blatches [present, singular, third-person], blatching [participle, present], blatched [participle, past], blatched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blacchen}} Middle English blacchen Head templates: {{en-verb}} blatch (third-person singular simple present blatches, present participle blatching, simple past and past participle blatched)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal. Tags: archaic, transitive Related terms: bletch
    Sense id: en-blatch-en-verb-AjvkNqmE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for blatch meaning in English (2.3kB)

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