blench vs dead-end

blench

• To fly off; to turn aside. 

• To deceive; cheat. 

• To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil. 

• To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. 

• To quail. 

• To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear. 

• A deceit; a trick. 

• A sidelong glance. 

dead-end

• To come to a dead-end. 

• Going nowhere; blocked. 

• A road with no exit. 

• A position that offers no hope of progress.