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- Balk - v. i. - A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
- Balk - v. i. - A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
- Balk - v. i. - One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- Balk - v. i. - A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- Balk - v. i. - A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- Balk - v. i. - A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
- Balk - v. t. - To leave or make balks in.
- Balk - v. t. - To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- Balk - v. t. - To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- Balk - v. t. - To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
- Balk - v. t. - To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.
- Balk - v. i. - To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- Balk - v. i. - To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
- Balk - v. i. - To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- Balked - imp. & p. p. - of Balk
- Balker - n. - One who, or that which balks.
- Balker - n. - A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
- Balking - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Balk
- Balkingly - adv. - In a manner to balk or frustrate.
- Balkish - a. - Uneven; ridgy.
- Balky - a. - Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
- Balkingly - adv. - In a manner to balk or frustrate.
- Wreck - v. t. - To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- Take - v. t. - Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
- Balk - v. t. - To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.