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baulk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun baulk has 3 senses
- baulk(n = noun.location) balk - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" is a part of billiard table, pool table, snooker table
- baulk(n = noun.cognition) balk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress; Array is a kind of difficulty
- baulk(n = noun.artifact) balk, rafter - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; Array is a kind of beam
is a kind of area, expanse, surface area
has particulars: albatross, millstone, bind, diriment impediment, drag, obstacle, obstruction, straitjacket
Verb baulk has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
baulk, 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.
--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.
Derivative
baulker n.
Etymology
OE balc f. ON b{aacute}lkr f. Gmc
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