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- noun UK Plural form of
baulk (alternative spelling ofbalks ). - verb UK Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
baulk . Alternative spelling ofbalks .
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Examples
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Page 174 what are called the "baulks," or hard ground, between the drills, as the ground must be kept open to admit moisture and air, without which the young plants would shrivel up and die.
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Tell PWR to dust off the RS-84 study if Congress baulks at using a Russian engine.
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Icelanders will testify that British taxpayers are the soul of generosity, but in these nervous times even our resolve baulks at paying for 1,000 BBC journalists, the going rate for one coiffeured potty-mouth.
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Icelanders will testify that British taxpayers are the soul of generosity, but in these nervous times even our resolve baulks at paying for 1,000 BBC journalists, the going rate for one coiffeured potty-mouth.
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Icelanders will testify that British taxpayers are the soul of generosity, but in these nervous times even our resolve baulks at paying for 1,000 BBC journalists, the going rate for one coiffeured potty-mouth.
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Icelanders will testify that British taxpayers are the soul of generosity, but in these nervous times even our resolve baulks at paying for 1,000 BBC journalists, the going rate for one coiffeured potty-mouth.
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Even the voice stiffens and baulks after long exertion and great weariness.
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And if the mind baulks at that, could a one-state solution involving Israel and the Palestinian territories be a desirable objective?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I can't see why the British givernment has no difficulty with establishing, and promoting, Islamic States like Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi and yet baulks not only at a Jewsih state but also a christians British state.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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On one particularly depressing day Mac, who is a cop, is attending a suicide scene and baulks at the cost of the clean-up.
Mike is grateful for some SUNSHINE CLEANING during an action heavy Summer | Obsessed With Film 2009
brtom commented on the word baulks
What baulks or breaks others is fuel for his burning progress to contact and amorous joy. Preface 1855
December 9, 2006