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单词 balking
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balkingn.1

Etymology: < balk v.1 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbalking.
The action of balk v.1 in various senses.
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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

Etymology: < balk v.2 + -ing suffix1.
? Obsolete.
The guiding of fishing-boats by shouting or signalling from a height.
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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.

Etymology: < balk v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbalking.
That balks; checking; shying.
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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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