To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk.

To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
/hwart; as, to balk expectation.

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

To leave or make balks in.

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called “the balks.”

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a
trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.