Part 879

<blockquote>Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and <b>balks</b> his meat. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nor doth he any creature <b>balk</b>, But lays on all he meeteth. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to <?/hwart; <as>as, to <ex>balk</ex> expectation</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They shall not <b>balk</b> my entrance. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Balk</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In strifeful terms with him to <b>balk</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; <as>as, the horse <ex>balks</ex></as>.</def>

<note>&hand; This has been regarded as an Americanism, but it occurs in Spenser's "Fa\'89rie Queene," Book IV., 10, xxv.</note>

<blockquote>Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt, Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any <b>balkt</b>.

<h1>Balk</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from D. <ets>balken</ets> to bray, bawl.]</ety> <def>To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.</def>

<h1>Balker</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Balk</er>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which balks.</def>

<h1>Balker</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See last <er>Balk</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Baleingly</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In manner to balk or frustrate.</def>

<h1>Balkish</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Uneven; ridgy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Balky</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Balk"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Apt to balk; <as>as, a <ex>balky</ex> horse</as>.</def>

<h1>Ball</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Ball</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bal</ets>, <ets>balle</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>balla</ets>, <ets>palla</ets>, G. <ets>ball</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'94llr</ets>, ball; cf. F. <ets>balle</ets>. Cf. 1st <er>Bale</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Pallmall</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; <as>as, a <ex>ball</ex> of twine; a <ex>ball</ex> of snow.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See <er>Baseball</er>, and <er>Football</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; <as>as, a cannon <ex>ball</ex>; a rif<?/e <i>ball</i>; -- often used collectively; <as>as, powder and <ex>ball</ex></as>. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called <ex>bullets</ex>.</as></def>