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 undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
To make available.
To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
The act of unlocking something.