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Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..

Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

Balky :: Balky (a.) Apt to balk; as, a balky horse..

Sneak-cup :: Sneak-cup (n.) One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

Gib :: Gib (v. i.) To balk. See Jib, v. i..

Balkish :: Balkish (a.) Uneven; ridgy.

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance..

Balker :: Balker (n.) One who, or that which balks..

Balker :: 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..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balking :: Balking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bal.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..

Huer :: Huer (n.) One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker..

Disappointed :: Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..

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