- A sloping roof timber - Roof beam - Roof support - Timber beam - A raftsman. - Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber.
Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping,
according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post. - To make into rafters, as timber.
- A cushion - Add unnecessary material to cushion - Asian dish, ... Thai - Batsman's leg protector - Batsman’s leg guard - Batsman’s leg protector - Block of paper
- 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.
- A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board,
used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's
or a wheelwright's templet. - A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall
under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.
- A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one
transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that
strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.