Balk (disambiguation)

Balk (disambiguation)

Balk has many uses, such as:

* Something left untouched, from in the Scots term "bauk"; this led to the word's current meaning a hindrance or check. From this, some uses developed:
** A balk is an illegal action in baseball.
** A horse is said to baulk when it refuses its rider's instructions.
** A baulk is an evasive technique/manoeuvre in the sport of Australian rules football.
** Balk (billiards), an area on a billiard table
* Balk, North Yorkshire, England
* Balk (Netherlands), a village
* Abraham Balk, American fencer
* Fairuza Balk (born 1974), American film actress
* Hermann Balk, 13th century Master of the Teutonic and Livonian Orders

ee also

* Balck


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