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.
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.
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 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 engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
A round loaf of bread.
A round piece of dough.
A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.