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▸ 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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