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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAULK [See Balk.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" [syn: balk, baulk]
2: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap]
3: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: rafter, balk, baulk] v
1: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of balk

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. (also balk) --v. 1 intr. a refuse to go on. b (often foll. by at) hesitate. 2 tr. a thwart, hinder. b disappoint. 3 tr. a miss, let slip (a chance etc.). b ignore, shirk. --n. 1 a hindrance; a stumbling-block. 2 a a roughly-squared timber beam. b a tie-beam of a house. 3 Billiards etc. the area on a billiard-table from which a player begins a game. 4 Baseball an illegal action made by a pitcher. 5 a ridge left unploughed between furrows. Derivatives: baulker n. Etymology: OE balc f. ON bálkr f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bauk Bauk, Baulk Baulk, n. & v. See Balk.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see balk