(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.