Balk vs. Timber

Balknoun

An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.

Balknoun

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

Balknoun

Beam, crossbeam.

Balknoun

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Balknoun

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

Balknoun

(sports) A deceptive motion; a feint.

Balknoun

(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.

Balknoun

(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.

Balknoun

(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

Balknoun

(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.

Balknoun

(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.

Balkverb

(archaic) To pass over or by.

Balkverb

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

Balkverb

(obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.

Balkverb

To stop, check, block.

Balkverb

To stop short and refuse to go on.

Balkverb

To refuse suddenly.

Balkverb

To disappoint; to frustrate.

Balkverb

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Balkverb

To leave or make balks in.

Balkverb

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balkverb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Balknoun

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

Balknoun

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

Balknoun

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

Balknoun

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Balknoun

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

Balknoun

A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. It is illegal and is penalized by allowing the runners on base to advance one base.

Balkverb

To leave or make balks in.

Balkverb

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balkverb

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

Balkverb

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

Balkverb

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

Balkverb

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Balkverb

To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

Balkverb

to commit a balk{6}; - of a pitcher.

Balkverb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Balknoun

the area on a billiard table behind the balkline;

Balknoun

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Balknoun

one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

Balknoun

an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

Balkverb

refuse to comply

Balk

In baseball, a pitcher can commit a number of illegal motions or actions that constitute a balk. Most of these violations involve a pitcher pretending to pitch when they have no intention of doing so.

Timbernoun

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

Timbernoun

Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Timbernoun

(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

Timbernoun

The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

Timbernoun

(archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

Timberinterjection

Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Timberverb

(transitive) To fit with timbers.

Timberverb

To construct, frame, build.

Timberverb

To light or land on a tree.

Timberverb

(obsolete) To make a nest.

Timberverb

(transitive) To surmount as a timber does.

Timbernoun

A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; - called also timmer.

Timbernoun

The crest on a coat of arms.

Timbernoun

That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; - usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.

Timbernoun

The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

Timbernoun

Fig.: Material for any structure.

Timbernoun

A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.

Timbernoun

Woods or forest; wooden land.

Timbernoun

A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.

Timberverb

To surmount as a timber does.

Timberverb

To furnish with timber; - chiefly used in the past participle.

Timberverb

To light on a tree.

Timberverb

To make a nest.

Timbernoun

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

Timbernoun

a beam made of wood

Timbernoun

a post made of wood

Timbernoun

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Timbernoun

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);