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balk or baulk /bö(l)k/ intransitive verb- To pull up or stop short
- To refuse a jump, etc
- To jib (at something) (figurative)
- To lie out of the way (Spenser)
- To bandy words (obsolete)
transitive verb- To shirk, avoid
- To decline
- To ignore, pass over
- To let slip
- To put a stumbling-block in the way of, to thwart, frustrate, foil, check
- To chop (logic) (Shakespeare)
noun- A check, frustration
- A disappointment
- A failure to take a jump or the like
- The part of a snooker table marked off by the balkline
- An illegal action made by the pitcher to deceive a baserunner (baseball)
- A squared timber
- A tie-beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, esp when laid so as to form a loft (the balks)
- An unploughed ridge
- A place overlooked, an omission (obsolete)
- A ridge (obsolete)
- The beam of a balance (obsolete)
- A rope to connect fishing-nets
ORIGIN: OE balca ridge; OHGer balcho beam balk'd adjective (Shakespeare) Prob heaped in balks balkˈer noun balkˈiness noun balkˈing noun and adjective balkˈingly adverb balkˈy adjective - Apt to balk
- Perverse, refractory
balkˈline noun - A line drawn across a snooker table
- A boundary line for the preliminary run in a jumping competition
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