BALK
\bˈɔːlk], \bˈɔːlk], \b_ˈɔː_l_k]\
Definitions of BALK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
By Princeton University
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the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
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One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
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A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
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A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
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To leave or make balks in.
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To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
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To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
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To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
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To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
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To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
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To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks.
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To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to hwart; as, to balk expectation.
By Oddity Software
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A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
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One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
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A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
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A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
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To leave or make balks in.
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To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
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To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
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To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
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To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
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To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
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To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks.
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To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to hwart; as, to balk expectation.
By Noah Webster.
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A barrier or check; disappointment.
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To hinder; to thwart; to check or disappoint.
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To stop short or swerve.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To stop abruptly in one's course, as a sulky horse. (Amer.).
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A hinderance or disappointment.
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To check, disappoint, or elude: to stop short at: omit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A ridge of land left unploughed; a beam; frustration; disappointment.
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To disappoint; to frustrate; to leave untouched; to omit.
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To stop suddenly.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To disappoint; to frustrate; to refuse.
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A ridge of unploughed land; a beam; sudden disappointment.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
