noun.
A looking aside or askance.
transitive verb.
To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
transitive verb.
To draw back from; to deny from fear.
intransitive verb.
To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
intransitive verb.
To fly off; to turn aside.
verb.
To grow or make pale.