† bletchn.

Forms: Also bletche.

Etymology: Bletche , 16th cent., implies a Middle English *blecche , Old English *blęcce , Germanic *blakjo- , < *blako- black n.: compare blatch n. and bleach n.² in same sense. (It may also be the southern form of northern blek, bleck.)

Obsolete. rare.

Shoemaker's blacking.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun]

blatchOE

bleckc1440

bleacha1500

bleaching?1518

black1558

bletch1570

blacking?1571

linka1616

denigrator1658

black wash1684

shoe-blacking1735

burnt corkc1800

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giv/2 Bletche, atramentum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† bletchv.

Etymology: < bletch(e n., or representing a Middle English *blecchen , Old English *blęcc(e)an , Germanic type *blakjan : compare blatch v. and black v.

Obsolete. rare.

To black v.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)]

blackc1350

blecka1382

blacken?a1425

bletch1570

bepitch1574

blatch1587

becollier1599

sable1610

bleach1611

bleak1611

sableize1611

denigrate1623

nigrify1656

ebonize1880

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Diii/2 To Blecke, bletch, nigrare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bletch
释义	† bletchn. Forms: Also bletche. Etymology: Bletche , 16th cent., implies a Middle English blecche , Old English blęcce , Germanic blakjo- , < blako- black n.: compare blatch n. and bleach n.² in same sense. (It may also be the southern form of northern blek, bleck.) Obsolete. rare. Shoemaker's blacking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] blatchOE bleckc1440 bleacha1500 bleaching?1518 black1558 bletch1570 blacking?1571 linka1616 denigrator1658 black wash1684 shoe-blacking1735 burnt corkc1800 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giv/2 Bletche, atramentum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † bletchv. Etymology: < bletch(e n., or representing a Middle English blecchen , Old English blęcc(e)an , Germanic type blakjan : compare blatch v. and black v. Obsolete. rare. To black v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)] blackc1350 blecka1382 blacken?a1425 bletch1570 bepitch1574 blatch1587 becollier1599 sable1610 bleach1611 bleak1611 sableize1611 denigrate1623 nigrify1656 ebonize1880 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum* sig. Diii/2 To Blecke, bletch, nigrare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1570v.1570
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