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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

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

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

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

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

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

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

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