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Definition of Baulked
1. baulk [v] - See also: baulk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baulked
Literary usage of Baulked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"A GREAT SCHEME, AND WHO baulked IT. S characters written with a secret ink come
out with the application of fire, and disappear again and leave the paper ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"A GREAT SCHEME, AND WHO baulked IT. AS characters written with a secret ink come
out with the application of fire, and disappear again and leave the paper ..."
3. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"... to the unspeakable joy of Trunnion, who nevertheless is baulked in his
expectation These innovations were not effected without many loud objections on ..."
4. Ordeal by Battle by Frederick Scott Oliver (1915)
"... knowing the evils at first hand ; believing (very often with reason) that they
understand the true remedies — find themselves baulked, and foiled, ..."
5. Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People. An Account of Expeditions to by Charles Chaillé-Long (1876)
"... the Lake—M'Ts6 gives secret instructions not to cross the Lake—I reluctantly
return to Murchison Creek—Discover Selim—Attacked with fever—baulked by Ba ..."
6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"... half of meditation, which cannot be done ; a task which keeps it constantly
halting, constantly baulked ; feeling it has too little time, and too much, ..."
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