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balk

(b/O/k )

the area on a billiard table behind the balkline(noun.location)

Example:
A player with ball in hand must play from the balk.

Synonym:
baulk

source: wordnet30
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

source: wordnet30
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
baulk, rafter

source: wordnet30
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.(noun)

source: webster1913

refuse to comply(verb.social)

Synonym:
baulk, jib, resist

source: wordnet30
To leave or make balks in.(verb)

source: webster1913
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.(verb)

source: webster1913
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.(verb)

source: webster1913

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