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

Baulk :: Baulk (n. & v.) See Balk.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball..

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

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

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

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

Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..

Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

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

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

Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

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

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Gibber :: Gibber (n.) A balky horse.

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

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To leave or make balks in.

Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..

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

Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil..

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