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baulk

(n): the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
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5 months ago chained_bear said:

"I am very much afraid that we are going to be baulked of our galley—pipped on the post—done brown."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 249

A Sea of Words: "Baulk: A roughly squared beam of timber. Sometimes used specifically to designate Baltic timber, which is roughly dressed before shipment."

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