balk
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kieltäytyä jstak, tehdä tenä
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selkäpuu
vastus
Substantiivi
balk englanniksi
An uncultivated ridge formed in the system|open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
(RQ:Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times)
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
(senseid) Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
(RQ:South Twelve Sermon), "Concealment of Sin"
- a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker
(syn)
An omission.
A deceptive motion.
An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
The area of the table lying behind the line from which the ball is initially shot, and from which a in hand must be played.
The area of the table lying behind the line.
The rope by which nets are fastened together.
To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily.
''balked at paying a day's wages for a pencil''; ''he said he would buy her one, but when he saw the price, he balked''
2004, Derek Hart, ''Tidal Trap'', page 114:
- Carla balked for a moment, but when the badge and identification was produced, she acquiesced immediately. "Of course, Director, what can I do for you?"
To short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump).
(ux)
1974, Sharon Salvato, ''Briarcliff Manor: A Novel'', page 107:
- "Her horse balked at the jump and threw her," said Michael.
(quote-book)
To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
1915, L. J. Dickinson, ''John O' Dreams'', page 80:
- The horses balked up the canyon, / But we made it with half a load. / Got to the top with panniers. / Went back for the bedding stowed.
1993, Susan C. Feldhake, ''Seasons of the Heart'', page 107:
- (..) balked up the hills, then careened and slid on the downside, threatening to overturn.
2006, Bret Lott, ''The Best Christian Short Stories'', volume 1, page 127:
- (..) thin road, gunning madly past the old rusty trucks balking up the mountain to Boulem while Badra drifted in and out of consciousness in the back.
To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
(RQ:Gower Confessio Amantis)
1906, Primrose McConnell, ''The Diary of a Working Farmer'', page 151:
- (..) balking up the field.
1935, ''Scientific Horticulture: Journal of the Horticultural'', page 89:
- (..) balking up the rows and running the water down from the balks;
To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
1733, William Congreve, ''The Old Batchelor: A Comedy'', page 55:
- My Sport is always balkt, or cut short — I stumble over the Game me I would pursue —
1867 1855?, William Hickling Prescott, ''History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain'', page 48:
- (..) the sturdy cavalier was not to be balked in his purpose; (..)
(RQ:Huxley Brave New World)
1915 May, ''The National Engineer'', volume 19, page 299:
- an incipient accretion of rotundity recently balked his entrance to a boiler wherein his expert scrutiny was imperatively demanded,
1929, Francis Hackett, ''Henry the Eighth'', page 211:
- (..) had neither been balked nor been frightened by this overwhelming man.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
To over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.
1612, Joseph Hall, ''Contempl. N. T.'':
- Jericho was in his way from Galilee to Jerusalem: he baulks it not, though it were outwardly cursed.
1664, Lady R. Russell, ''Letters'':
- I hope you will not balk Totteridge, if I am here.
1773, North, ''Exam.'':
- Going to Lord Carendon ... baulking the Secretary.
To omit, miss{{, or overlook by chance, error, or inadvertance.
1677, Owen Feltham, ''Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political. The tenth impression.'', page 46:
- (..) you cannot baulk your Road without the hazard of drowning
(RQ:Hall Contemplations)
(RQ:Drayton Nimphidia)
(RQ:Evelyn Memoirs)
(RQ:Quarles Virgin Widow)
1632, Preston, ''Effect. Faith'':
- Thou must not balke the way of Religion
1696, Robert Sanderson, ''Sermons'':
- The spying of motes in our brother's eye, and baulking of beams in our own.
1808 1640? Joseph Hall, ''Works: Polemical works'', page 526:
- I may not balk two pregnant testimonies of the Fathers
To refuse or fail to use (something), either through error or intentionally.
To refuse (something).
1587, Tuberv., ''Trag. T.'' (1837), page 230:
- And balke your bed for shame.
1619, Fletcher, ''M. Thomas'':
- A bait you cannot balk Sir.
1649, Blith, ''Eng. Improv. Impr.'':
- If the stalk grow big, cattell wil balk it.
1784, Johnson, ''Boswell'':
- I never ... balked an invitation
1870 ?, William Cowper, ''The Poetical Works of William Cowper'', page 90:
- such an age as ours balks no expense
To let (something) slip; to fail to use or seize or keep (something).
''to balk an opportunity''
1602, Shakspeare, ''Twelfth Night'':
- This was look'd for at your hand, and this as baulkt.
1697, Dryden, ''Virg. Georg.'':
- If I balk'd this opportunity.
To disappoint, frustrate, or check.
(coi)
1777 1692?, John Dryden, ''Original Poems, and Translations,: In Two Volumes'' Laici?, page 223:
- Nor doth it balk my charity, to find Th' Egyptian bishop of another mind:
1891 1854?, William Makepeace Thackeray, ''The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray'', page 365:
- (..) balk yourself of the pleasure of bullying and making her unhappy.
(RQ:Byron Sardanapalus)
To quibble or bandy words with; engage in opposing, contradicting, or arguing with.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
1653, Manton, ''Works'', IV 227:
- They do not divide and baulk with God.
To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
(quote-text)
a cuboid
a section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape
(infl of)
(alt form)
a wooden or metal beam
a bend (diagonal band)
code (major section of legislation)
''brottsbalk''
criminal code