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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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