Definitions from Wiktionary (Balk)

▸ noun:  (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
▸ noun:  (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
▸ noun:  Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
▸ noun:  A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
▸ noun:  A sudden and obstinate stop.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An omission.
▸ noun:  (sports) A deceptive motion.
▸ noun:  (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
▸ noun:  (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
▸ noun:  (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
▸ noun:  (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
▸ noun:  (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To pass over or by.
▸ verb:  To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
▸ verb:  To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
▸ verb:  To stop short and refuse to go on.
▸ verb:  To refuse suddenly.
▸ verb:  To disappoint; to frustrate.
▸ verb:  To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
▸ verb:  To leave or make balks in.
▸ verb:  To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
▸ verb:  (sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
▸ verb:  To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
▸ noun:  A surname.
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