| slovo | definícia |
balk
(mass) | balk
- prekážka |
balk
(encz) | balk,dřevěný hranol Oldřich Švec |
balk
(encz) | balk,překážka n: Zdeněk Brož |
balk
(encz) | balk,ucuknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
balk
(encz) | balk,zablokovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
balk
(encz) | balk,zábrana n: Zdeněk Brož |
balk
(encz) | balk,zhatit v: PetrV |
balk
(encz) | balk,zpěčovat se v: PetrV |
Balk
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\ (b[add]k), n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel.
b[=a]lkr partition, bj[=a]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf.
Gael. balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. Balcony,
Balk, v. t., 3d Bulk.]
1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
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Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller.
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2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called "the balks."
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Tubs hanging in the balks. --Chaucer.
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3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports
of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
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4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
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A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker.
--South.
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5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
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6. (Baseball) 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.
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Balk line (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near
one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are
placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table,
parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game,
called the balk line game.
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Balk
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\, v. i.
1. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. [Obs.]
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In strifeful terms with him to balk. --Spenser.
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2. To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to
stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
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Note: This has been regarded as an Americanism, but it occurs
in Spenser's "Fa["e]rie Queene," Book IV., 10, xxv.
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Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt,
Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt.
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3. (Baseball) to commit a balk[6]; -- of a pitcher.
[PJC] |
Balk
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk
or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for
sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]
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1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
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Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
--Shak.
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3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
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4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
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By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked
the inns. --Evelyn.
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Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
--Bp. Hall.
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Nor doth he any creature balk,
But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton.
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5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
thwart; as, to balk expectation.
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They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron.
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Balk
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\, v. i. [Prob. from D. balken to bray, bawl.]
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore,
the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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balk
(wn) | balk
n 1: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player
with ball in hand must play from the balk" [syn: balk,
baulk]
2: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or
progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent,
impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap]
3: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
[syn: rafter, balk, baulk]
4: an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
v 1: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
balkánsky
(msas) | balkánsky
- Balcan |
balkón
(msas) | balkón
- balcony, terrace |
balkansky
(msasasci) | balkansky
- Balcan |
balkon
(msasasci) | balkon
- balcony, terrace |
balkan peninsula
(encz) | Balkan Peninsula,Balkánský poloostrov n: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
balkan states
(encz) | Balkan States,balkánské státy luke |
balkanization
(encz) | Balkanization,balkanizace n: [polit.] Petr Prášek |
balkanize
(encz) | Balkanize,balkanizovat v: [polit.] Petr Prášek |
balky
(encz) | balky,jankovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
balkanizace
(czen) | balkanizace,Balkanizationn: [polit.] Petr Prášek |
balkanizovat
(czen) | balkanizovat,Balkanizev: [polit.] Petr Prášek |
balkon
(czen) | balkon,terracen: Zdeněk Brož |
balkánské státy
(czen) | balkánské státy,Balkan States luke |
balkánský poloostrov
(czen) | Balkánský poloostrov,Balkan Peninsulan: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
balkón
(czen) | balkón,balcony balkón,circlen: v hledišti Petr Prášek |
balkóny
(czen) | balkóny,balconiesn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
opatřený balkonem
(czen) | opatřený balkonem,galleriedadj: Zdeněk Brož |
první balkón
(czen) | první balkón,dress circlen: v divadle web |
Balk
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\ (b[add]k), n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel.
b[=a]lkr partition, bj[=a]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf.
Gael. balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. Balcony,
Balk, v. t., 3d Bulk.]
1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
[1913 Webster]
Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called "the balks."
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Tubs hanging in the balks. --Chaucer.
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3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports
of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
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4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
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A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker.
--South.
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5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
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6. (Baseball) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Balk line (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near
one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are
placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table,
parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game,
called the balk line game.
[1913 Webster]Balk \Balk\, v. i.
1. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. [Obs.]
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In strifeful terms with him to balk. --Spenser.
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2. To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to
stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This has been regarded as an Americanism, but it occurs
in Spenser's "Fa["e]rie Queene," Book IV., 10, xxv.
[1913 Webster]
Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt,
Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt.
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3. (Baseball) to commit a balk[6]; -- of a pitcher.
[PJC]Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk
or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for
sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]
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1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
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Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
--Shak.
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3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
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4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
[1913 Webster]
By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked
the inns. --Evelyn.
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Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
--Bp. Hall.
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Nor doth he any creature balk,
But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton.
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5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
thwart; as, to balk expectation.
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They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]Balk \Balk\, v. i. [Prob. from D. balken to bray, bawl.]
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore,
the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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Balk line
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\ (b[add]k), n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel.
b[=a]lkr partition, bj[=a]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf.
Gael. balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. Balcony,
Balk, v. t., 3d Bulk.]
1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
[1913 Webster]
Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called "the balks."
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Tubs hanging in the balks. --Chaucer.
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3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports
of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
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4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
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A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker.
--South.
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5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
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6. (Baseball) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Balk line (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near
one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are
placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table,
parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game,
called the balk line game.
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balkanize
(gcide) | balkanize \balkanize\ v.
1. to divide a territory into small, hostile states.
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Balkans
(gcide) | Balkans \Balkans\ prop. n. pl.
1. The countries occupying the Balkan Peninsula.
Syn: Balkan countries, Balkan nations, Balkan states.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The Balkan mountains.
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balked
(gcide) | balked \balked\ adj.
1. Same as baffled.
Syn: baffled, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
[WordNet 1.5]Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk
or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for
sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]
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1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
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Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
--Shak.
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3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
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4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
[1913 Webster]
By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked
the inns. --Evelyn.
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Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
--Bp. Hall.
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Nor doth he any creature balk,
But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton.
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5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
thwart; as, to balk expectation.
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They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron.
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Balked
(gcide) | balked \balked\ adj.
1. Same as baffled.
Syn: baffled, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
[WordNet 1.5]Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk
or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for
sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]
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1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
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Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
--Shak.
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3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
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4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
[1913 Webster]
By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked
the inns. --Evelyn.
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Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
--Bp. Hall.
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Nor doth he any creature balk,
But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton.
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5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
thwart; as, to balk expectation.
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They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron.
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Balker
(gcide) | Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See 2d Balk.]
One who, or that which, balks.
[1913 Webster]Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See last Balk.]
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals
of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats
which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
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balkiness
(gcide) | balkiness \balkiness\ n.
1. likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly.
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Balking
(gcide) | Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk
or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for
sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]
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1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
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Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
--Shak.
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3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to
let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
[1913 Webster]
By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked
the inns. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
--Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Nor doth he any creature balk,
But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to
thwart; as, to balk expectation.
[1913 Webster]
They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron.
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Balkingly
(gcide) | Balkingly \Balk"ing*ly\, adv.
In a manner to balk or frustrate.
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Balkish
(gcide) | Balkish \Balk"ish\, a.
Uneven; ridgy. [R.] --Holinshed.
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balkline
(gcide) | balkline \balkline\ n.
1. line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls
are placed at the start of a game.
Syn: baulk line, string line.
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Balky
(gcide) | Balky \Balk"y\ (b[add]k"[y^]), a.
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
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Bierbalk
(gcide) | Bierbalk \Bier"balk`\ (b[=e]r"b[add]k`), n. [See Bier, and
Balk, n.]
A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.
[Obs.] --Homilies.
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balkan
(wn) | Balkan
n 1: an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula |
balkan country
(wn) | Balkan country
n 1: any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn:
Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state] |
balkan mountain range
(wn) | Balkan Mountain Range
n 1: the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan
Peninsula [syn: Balkans, Balkan Mountains, {Balkan
Mountain Range}] |
balkan mountains
(wn) | Balkan Mountains
n 1: the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan
Peninsula [syn: Balkans, Balkan Mountains, {Balkan
Mountain Range}] |
balkan nation
(wn) | Balkan nation
n 1: any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn:
Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state] |
balkan peninsula
(wn) | Balkan Peninsula
n 1: a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the
Balkan Mountain Range [syn: Balkan Peninsula, Balkans] |
balkan state
(wn) | Balkan state
n 1: any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn:
Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state] |
balkan wars
(wn) | Balkan Wars
n 1: two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the
European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left
the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only
Ottoman territory in Europe |
balkanise
(wn) | Balkanise
v 1: divide a territory into small, hostile states [syn:
Balkanize, Balkanise] |
balkanize
(wn) | Balkanize
v 1: divide a territory into small, hostile states [syn:
Balkanize, Balkanise] |
balkans
(wn) | Balkans
n 1: the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan
Peninsula [syn: Balkans, Balkan Mountains, {Balkan
Mountain Range}]
2: a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the
Balkan Mountain Range [syn: Balkan Peninsula, Balkans]
3: the Balkan countries collectively |
balker
(wn) | balker
n 1: a person who refuses to comply [syn: balker, baulker,
noncompliant] |
balkiness
(wn) | balkiness
n 1: likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly |
balking
(wn) | balking
adj 1: stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a
balky mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: balking, balky] |
balkline
(wn) | balkline
n 1: line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are
placed at the start of a game [syn: balkline, {baulk-
line}, string line] |
balky
(wn) | balky
adj 1: stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a
balky mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: balking, balky] |
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