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单词 blunk
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blunkn.

Etymology: Compare blunket adj. and n.
Scottish.
In plural. ‘Linen or cotton cloths which are wrought for being printed; calicoes’ (Jamieson).
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1830 Chambers's Jrnl. (1836) 31 Dec. 392 That Catrine blunks wad hae a chance To tak the lead; Nocht like them can be got frae France Sae cheap an' guid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

blunkv.

Etymology: apparently a corruption of blenk v. or blink v.
Obsolete or dialect.
1. intransitive. To turn aside, blench, flinch, shrink. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil
wondec897
blencha1250
shunta1250
scurnc1325
blenka1330
blinka1400
startc1400
shrink1508
blanch1572
swerve1573
shruga1577
flinch1578
recoil1582
budgea1616
shucka1620
smay1632
blunk1655
shudder1668
resile1678
skew1678
reluctate1833
1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 148 The presumptuous sinner..goes on, & never blunks.
1680 E. Hickeringill Curse ye Meroz 27 That can swallow Oath upon Oath..and still their Consciences blunk no more than a piece of Brass?
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2. transitive. Scottish. ‘To spoil a thing, to mismanage any business’ (Jamieson).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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