单词 | balking |
释义 | balkingn.1 The action of balk v.1 in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges ridging1499 balking1549 raftering1724 round ridging1756 upsetting1784 rafter ridging1838 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone omissionc1400 leavinga1425 omittingc1450 pretermission1581 upsitting1680 defalcation1750 balking1783 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > jibbing or balking balking1871 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Cviiv Amongeste many balkings, is much stombling. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 181 It is my constant cry to my own Husbandmen to take heed of Plough-balking, and Harrow balking, but now I say in a more especiall manner, take heed of Seed-balking. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) Balking, imporcatio, [also] omissio, prætermissio. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. iv. 85 Fall to, and show no timid balking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † balkingn.2 ? Obsolete. The guiding of fishing-boats by shouting or signalling from a height. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [noun] > signalling fishing boats balking1603 1603 Act 1 Jas. I c. 23 For watching of the saide Fishe, or for balkinge, huinge, condinge, directinge or guidinge of the saide Fishermen in their Boates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). balkingadj. That balks; checking; shying. ΚΠ 1885 N.E.D. at Balking Mod. Balking circumstances; a balking horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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