(1):
(v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; - also, to obstruct; to hinder.
(2):
(v. t.) To draw back from; to deny from fear.
(3):
(v. i.) To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
(4):
(v. i.) To fly off; to turn aside.
(5):
(v. i. & t.) To grow or make pale.
(6):
(n.) A looking aside or askance.