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

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

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

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..

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.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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