baulk

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [bɔːɫk]
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(US) IPA^(key): /bɔk/, [bɔɫk]
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Noun

baulk (plural baulks)

(Britain) Alternative spelling of balk

Verb

baulk (third-person singular simple present baulks, present participle baulking, simple past and past participle baulked)

(Britain) Alternative spelling of balk
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XII:
  What made those holes and rents / In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk / All hope of greenness?

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