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

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..

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

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 omit, miss, or overlook by chance..

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

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..

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..

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

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

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To leave or make balks in.

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 leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

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

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

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

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

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.

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