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Definition of Baulk
1. Verb. Refuse to comply. "They baulk moving "
Generic synonyms: Disobey
Derivative terms: Balker, Baulker, Resistance, Resistant, Resister, Resister, Resistive
2. Noun. The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. ; "A player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
Group relationships: Billiard Table, Pool Table, Snooker Table
Generic synonyms: Area, Expanse, Surface Area
3. Noun. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Albatross, Millstone, Bind, Diriment Impediment, Drag, Obstacle, Obstruction, Straitjacket
Derivative terms: Deter, Deterrent, Handicap, Hinder, Impede
4. Noun. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
Definition of Baulk
1. Noun. (British) (alternative spelling of balk) ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played. ¹
3. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of balk) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baulk
1. to balk [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: balk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baulk
Literary usage of Baulk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"In the second position, the red ball is barely baulk-LINE BILLIARDS. Professionals
became so skilful in rail nursing that the baulk-line was introduced to ..."
2. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1853)
"1 and 2, Plate IV., represent a baulk of the above-named dimensions, with eight
holes bored 1} inch deep and J inch diameter, at the distances specified, ..."
3. The Law Relating to the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, as Amended by by John William Willis Bund (1873)
"The second, or middle baulk, was 400 yards long, and about 500 yards distant from
the ... The third, or higher middle baulk, was generally about a mile and ..."
4. Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason by William Harrison Ainsworth (1850)
"Let me go, I say, or I will dash out my brains against these flinty walls, and
baulk you of your prey." But his struggles were in vain. They held him fast, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In this game the baulk is no protection; that is to say, the player can pocket
any ball wherever it lies, cither within or without the baulk line, ..."
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