1
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
"a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
2
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
3
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
4
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
5
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
3
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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