To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
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 stop, check, block.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
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 deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
To trick someone in order to make them do something.
To cause to happen.
To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
To profess openly; to make pretensions.
To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
To arrange logically.
To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
To establish someone in a business or position.
To gel or harden.
To trap or ensnare.
To ready something for use.
To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
To ready for use.
To found; to start (a business, scheme)
To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
In a position to function; ready.