English

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Etymology

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Probably a blend of bleck +‎ blatch.

Verb

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bletch (third-person singular simple present bletches, present participle bletching, simple past and past participle bletched)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) To blacken; to dirty or soil.

Noun

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bletch (plural bletches)

  1. (dialectal) Anything that has been blackened or dirtied.