balk
- Noun. ridge, an unplowed strip of land. (One use is to ''walk'' on it.).
- Noun. beam.
- Noun. hindrance.
- Noun. blunder.
- Noun. (sports) deceptive motion; feint.
- Verb. (archaic) to pass over or by.
- Verb. to stop, check, block.
- Verb. to stop short and refuse to go on.
- Verb. to refuse suddenly.
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