To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To refuse suddenly.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
To leave or make balks in.
To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
To stop, check, block.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
A sudden and obstinate stop.
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
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.
An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
To happen, to present itself.
To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
A proposal that has been made.