Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing. · The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation. · Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks". · A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily. · To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump). · To move fitfully, stopping frequently. · To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).
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