balk

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balk englannista suomeksi

An uncultivated ridge formed in the system|open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
(RQ:Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times)
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
(senseid) Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
(RQ:South Twelve Sermon), "Concealment of Sin"

a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker

(syn)

An omission.
A deceptive motion.
An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
The area of the table lying behind the line from which the ball is initially shot, and from which a in hand must be played.
The area of the table lying behind the line.
The rope by which nets are fastened together.
To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily.

''balked at paying a day's wages for a pencil''; ''he said he would buy her one, but when he saw the price, he balked''

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{{quote-book|en|year=1974|author=Sharon Salvato|title=Briarcliff Manor: A Novel|page=107
(quote-book)
To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1993|author=Susan C. Feldhake|title=Seasons of the Heart|page=107
{{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Bret Lott|title=The Best Christian Short Stories|volume=1|page=127
To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
(RQ:Gower Confessio Amantis)
{{quote-book|en|year=1906|author=Primrose McConnell|title=The Diary of a Working Farmer|page=151
{{quote-text|en|year=1935|title=Scientific Horticulture: Journal of the Horticultural|page=89
To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
{{quote-book|en|year=1733|author=William Congreve|title=The Old Batchelor: A Comedy|page=55
1867 1855?, William Hickling Prescott, ''History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain'', page 48:

(..) the sturdy cavalier was not to be balked in his purpose; (..)

(RQ:Huxley Brave New World)
{{quote-journal|en|year=1915|month=May|journal=The National Engineer|volume=19|page=299
{{quote-book|en|year=1929|author=Francis Hackett|title=Henry the Eighth|page=211
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
To over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.
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To omit, miss{{, or overlook by chance, error, or inadvertance.
1677, Owen Feltham, ''Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political. The tenth impression.'', page 46:

(..) you cannot baulk your Road without the hazard of drowning

I may not balk two pregnant testimonies of the Fathers

And balke your bed for shame.

A bait you cannot balk Sir.

If the stalk grow big, cattell wil balk it.

such an age as ours balks no expense

''to balk an opportunity''

This was look'd for at your hand, and this as baulkt.

(coi)

1777 1692?, John Dryden, ''Original Poems, and Translations,: In Two Volumes'' Laici?, page 223:

Nor doth it balk my charity, to find Th' Egyptian bishop of another mind:

1891 1854?, William Makepeace Thackeray, ''The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray'', page 365:

(..) balk yourself of the pleasure of bullying and making her unhappy.

(RQ:Byron Sardanapalus)
To quibble or bandy words with; engage in opposing, contradicting, or arguing with.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
1653, Manton, ''Works'', IV 227:

They do not divide and baulk with God.

''brottsbalk''

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