What is to disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to as, to balk expectation. They shall not balk my entrance. Byron called?
balk — To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to as, to balk expectation. They shall not balk my entrance. Byron. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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