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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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..

Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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