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

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

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

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

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

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

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.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

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