BPage 21
- English Word Balk Definition To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- English Word Balk Definition To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
- English Word Balk Definition To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.
- English Word Balk Definition To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- English Word Balk Definition To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
- English Word Balk Definition To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- English Word Balked Definition of Balk
- English Word Balker Definition One who, or that which balks.
- English Word Balker Definition A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
- English Word Balking Definition of Balk
- English Word Balkingly Definition In a manner to balk or frustrate.
- English Word Balkish Definition Uneven; ridgy.
- English Word Balky Definition Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
- English Word Ball Definition Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
- English Word Ball Definition A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
- English Word Ball Definition A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
- English Word Ball Definition Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
- English Word Ball Definition A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
- English Word Ball Definition A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
- English Word Ball Definition A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
- English Word Ball Definition A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.
- English Word Ball Definition The globe or earth.
- English Word Ball Definition To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
- English Word Ball Definition To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- English Word Ball Definition To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
- English Word Ball Definition A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
- English Word Ball-flower Definition An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.
- English Word Ballad Definition A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- English Word Ballad Definition To make or sing ballads.
- English Word Ballad Definition To make mention of in ballads.