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balk or baulk (bɔːk, bɔːlk, bɔːk, bɔːlk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by at) (foll by at) | |
| 1. | to stop short, esp suddenly or unexpectedly; jib: the horse balked at the jump |
| 2. | to turn away abruptly; recoil: he balked at the idea of murder |
| 3. | (tr) to thwart, check, disappoint, or foil: he was balked in his plans |
| 4. | (tr) to avoid deliberately: he balked the question |
| 5. | (tr) to miss unintentionally |
| —n | |
| 6. | a roughly squared heavy timber beam |
| 7. | a timber tie beam of a roof |
| 8. | an unploughed ridge to prevent soil erosion or mark a division on common land |
| 9. | an obstacle; hindrance; disappointment |
| 10. | baseball an illegal motion by a pitcher towards the plate or towards the base when there are runners on base, esp without delivering the ball |
| [Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam] | |
| baulk or baulk | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam] | |
| 'balker or baulk | |
| —n | |
| 'baulker or baulk | |
| —n | |
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| baulk (bɔːk, (usually for sense 1) bɔːlk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | billiards Also (US): balk |
| a. the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion | |
| b. (in baulk-line games) one of the spaces between the cushions and the baulk lines | |
| c. in baulk inside one of these spaces | |
| 2. | archaeol a strip of earth left between excavation trenches for the study of the complete stratigraphy of a site |
| 3. | croquet either of two lines (A baulk and B baulk) at diagonally opposite ends of the court, from which the ball is struck into play |
| —vb, —n | |
| 4. | a variant spelling of balk |
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baulk
alt. spelling of balk, especially in billiards, in reference to a bad shot.
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