blatch

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noun

Blacking, blackening.

OriginMiddle English blacche ← Old English blæċċe →
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Meanings

blatch1

nounblatch (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableBlacking, blackening.

blatch2

verbblatch (third-person singular simple present blatches, present participle blatching, simple past and past participle blatched)

present singular third person blatches · participle present blatching · participle past blatched · past blatched

  1. archaictransitiveTo blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blackendenigrate

Origin

blatch · noun

  1. Old Englishblæċċe“black matter”
  2. Middle Englishblacche“black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual”
  3. Englishblatch

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

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blatch · verb

  1. Middle Englishblacchen
  2. Englishblatch

From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.

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APA

blatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatch

MLA

“blatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatch.

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