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balk
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).
Alternative forms
- baulk
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??k/, /b??lk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?k/
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /b?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
balk (plural balks)
- (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- Bad ploughmen, which made balks of such ground.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- 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".
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- , "Concealment of Sin"
- a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker
- , "Concealment of Sin"
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- Synonym: failure
- (obsolete) An omission.
- (sports) A deceptive motion.
- Synonym: feint
- (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- (billiards) 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.
- (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
Derived terms
- baulk line
- baulk end
Translations
Verb
balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
- (archaic) To pass over or by.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- Synonyms: miss, overlook
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
- Synonyms: avoid, shun, refuse, shirk
- By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the nns.
- Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia
- Nor doth he any creature balk, / But lays on all he meeteth.
- To stop, check, block.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:
- 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:
- To refuse suddenly.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
- Synonyms: frustrate, foil, baffle, thwart
- 1821, Lord Byron, The Two Foscari
- They shall not balk my entrance.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”).
Verb
balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
References
Anagrams
- Blak, blak
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?lk/
- Hyphenation: balk
- Rhymes: -?lk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.
Noun
balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)
- A beam, solid support.
- (mathematics) A cuboid.
- A section, icon etcetera in such rectangular shape.
Derived terms
- balkenbrij
- draagbalk
- staartbalk
- stootbalk
- beam-shaped
- notenbalk
- taakbalk
- zoekbalk
Related terms
- balkon
Descendants
- Afrikaans: balk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
balk
- first-person singular present indicative of balken
- imperative of balken
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
balk c
- a wooden or metal beam
- (heraldry) a bend (diagonal band)
- (law) code (major section of legislation)
- brottsbalk
- criminal code
- brottsbalk
Declension
Synonyms
- bjälke
Derived terms
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dalk
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.
Noun
dalk (plural dalks)
- A pin; brooch; clasp
Etymology 2
From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.
Alternative forms
- delk
Noun
dalk (plural dalks)
- (now rare) A hollow or depression.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:
- On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dalk/
Adverb
dalk
- perchance, perhaps, possibly
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.
Noun
dalk
- Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)
Etymology 2
From Old English *daluc.
Noun
dalk
- Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)
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