Baulk

//bɔk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of balk. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "'And am I to plunge a harpoon into that beast!' 'That's your privilege, my son,' said Malone, 'and, sad to relate, unless I give it a miss in baulk, I shall have to be at your side when you do it.'"

  2. 2
    one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof wordnet
  3. 3
    something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress wordnet
  4. 4
    the area on a billiard table behind the balkline wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of balk. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "What made those holes and rents / In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk / All hope of greenness?"

  2. 2
    refuse to comply wordnet

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