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

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

Sneak-cup :: Sneak-cup (n.) One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

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

Huer :: Huer (n.) One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..

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

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..

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..

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

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