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balk, baulk 1. a roughly squared heavy timber beam 2. a timber tie beam of a roof 3. Baseball an illegal motion by a pitcher towards the plate or towards the base when there are runners on base, esp without delivering the ball baulk [bȯk] (archeology) A strip of earth left in place between the trenches of an archeological dig to permit study of the stratigraphy of the area as long as possible. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And then my lord would defy the ghost which threatened him, for he knew of a remedy by which he could baulk his enemy. Mr Dennis was so affected by this constancy on the part of the staunch old man, that he protested--almost with tears in his eyes-- that to baulk his inclinations would be an act of cruelty and hard dealing to which he, for one, never could reconcile his conscience. It occurred to me that her recent obtrusion of herself upon me might have been prompted by the wish to test my power of detecting some of her secrets; but I let the thought drop again at once: her motives and her deeds had no interest for me, and whatever pleasures she might be seeking, I had no wish to baulk her. |
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