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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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 sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

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

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

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