• hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Synonyms: eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to, draw the line at, be reluctant to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, shy from, recoil from, quail at, demur from, hesitate over, scruple to, take exception to, not like to, hate to, jib at

• a roughly squared timber beam

Synonyms: joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, lintel, stringer, balk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter

• the area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke

• an unlawful action made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner

• a ridge left unploughed between furrows