blatch

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

blatch (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Blacking, blackening.

Etymology 2

From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.

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.

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