blatch

Blacking, blackening.

Noun

  1. Blacking, blackening.

Origin

From Middle English blacche (“black pigment or dye; black colour; black individual”), from Old English blæċċe (“black matter”).

Verb

  1. To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.

Origin

From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.

Forms

blatches blatching blatched

Related

bletch