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

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

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. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance..

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

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

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