- Bitter grief is said to slow horse down - Command to horse - Command to stop horse - Cry to stop horse - Exclamation of woe could stop Black Beauty, for example - How a new command will stop a horse - Instruction to horse that Lew Hoad led off
- A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. - A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called "the balks." - One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a
trestle bridge or bateau bridge. - A hindrance or disappointment; a check. - A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure. - A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the
ball. - To leave or make balks in.