1. (v. i.) To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

2. (v. i.) To fly off; to turn aside.

3. (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.

4. (v. t.) To draw back from; to deny from fear.

5. (n.) A looking aside or askance.

6. (v. i. & t.) To grow or make pale.

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