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

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

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 hindrance or disappointment; a check.

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

Baulk :: Baulk (n. & v.) See 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 sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

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..

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

Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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