▪ I. † bletch(e, n. Obs. rare.
[Bletche, 16th c., implies a ME. *blecche, OE. *blęcce, OTeut. *blakjo-, from *blako- black: cf. blatch and bleach n.2 in same sense. (It may also be the southern form of northern blek, bleck.)]
Shoemaker's blacking.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 88 Bletche, atramentum. |
▪ II. † bletch, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. bletch n., or repr. a ME. *blecchen, OE. *blęcc(e)an, OTeut. type *blakjan: cf. blatch and black.]
To black.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 47 To Blecke, bletch, nigrare. |