Balky: alternatives and connections

of Balk

In a manner to balk or frustrate.

See Balk.

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper…

A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.

A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with…

To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.

To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is d…

To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

To balk. See Jib, v. i.