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

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

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

Balkingly :: Balkingly (adv.) In a manner to balk or frustrate.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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 disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..

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

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

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

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. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

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