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Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take :: Take (v. t.) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence..

Balked :: Balked (imp. & p. p.) of Bal.

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

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

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

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

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

Balkingly :: Balkingly (adv.) In a manner to balk or frustrate.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

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