1. Verb
To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
2. Verb
To fly off; to turn aside.
3. Verb
To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
4. Verb
To draw back from; to deny from fear.
5. Noun
A looking aside or askance.
6. Verb
To grow or make pale.
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