blatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Blacking, blackening.
verb
  1. To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.

Word forms

blatch blatches blatching blatched

Etymology

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

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