baulk
[bawk]
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verb (used with or without object), noun
balk.
balk
or baulk
[bawk]
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of balk
before 900; Middle English; Old English balca covering, beam, ridge; cognate with Old Norse bǫlkr bar, partition, Dutch balk, Old Saxon balko, German Balken, Old Norse bjalki beam, Old English bolca plank; perhaps akin to Latin sufflāmen, Slovene blazína, Lithuanian balžíenas beam. See balcony
Synonyms for balk
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Examples from the Web for baulking
Historical Examples of baulking
We cannot steam any faster, and we are baulking the fire of our friends.
The British Navy BookCyril Field
Then Z. turned and made for home as fast as his baulking engine would allow.
Great Britain at WarJeffery Farnol
The secret he longed to learn, the seal and confirmation of his hard-won faith, or empty, baulking nothingness?
Stella FregeliusH. Rider Haggard
This is apparently intended as a piece of humour, in catching or baulking the audience.
On the whole, it is I who should be grateful to you for not baulking me in my scheme and for letting me have my own way.
Mr. Marx's SecretE. Phillips Oppenheim
balk
baulk
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See also baulk
Word Origin for balk
Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam
baulk
noun
verb, noun
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