2. Verb. (British) (third-person singular of baulk) (alternative spelling of balks) ¹
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Definition of Baulks
1. baulk [v] - See also: baulk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baulks
Literary usage of Baulks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Tithes by William Eagle (1830)
"Principle of the Headlands and butts, and meres or baulks, which are strips of
headlands' °f grass-land dividing the arable lands in common fields, ..."
2. Cromwell's Scotch Campaigns: 1650-51 by William Scott Douglas (1898)
"... A ROYALIST AGENT—SCARCITY OF FORAGE baulks THE ENGLISH— FEINTS ON '
FIFE-SIDE'—RETURN OF CROMWELL'S ILLNESS— ADMIRAL DEANE'S BLOCKADE OF THE ..."
3. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1847)
"Instead of planks, perhaps baulks or half baulks of timber, for parts or for the
whole, might prove necessary. Fig. 4. chain mooring cable, it is considered ..."
4. The Law Reports: Court of Common Pleas by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1868)
"On the part of the respondent, it was contended that the user of the baulks had
not been consistent or certain ; and that there was upon the whole no ..."
5. Modern Billiards by John Roberts (1902)
"SOME USEFUL baulks. DIAGRAM CIX. Cue ball 7 in. from No. 3 cushion and 12 in.
from No. 4 cushion. Red ball 21 in. from No. 3 cushion and 4 in. from No. ..."
6. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1862)
"Platform baulks were rapidly framed into я light raft, as explained in fig.
9, consisting of two or three layers of baulks, crossing each other, ..."
7. The Law Relating to the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, as Amended by by John William Willis Bund (1873)
"They further held that the baulks were illegal, inasmuch as since the rear 1844,
when the river walls had been built, the baulks had been enhanced by their ..."
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