Traces of the open-field system exist also in various parts of England, notably between Hitchin and Cambridge, where there are huge turf balks dividing the fields.
Certain fields, that is to say, were allocated for the raising of particular crops, the limits being marked by large balks or banks.
We Win, But the King Balks IT WAS away past midnight, and had been a tremendous day in the matter of excitement and fatigue, but that was no matter to Joan when there was business on hand.
The sixteen men heaved at the ropes; the balks of timber fell; the weight of water falling on the unsupported hatchway drove it inwards; and in ten seconds more the torrent swept with a dull roar into the cavern.
When the trench was so far complete, he let down at the end three feet from the tank the twin hatchway he had constructed, so that it completely blocked the channel, and shored it up with the four balks of timber, two to each panel.
Wood was getting short in the village, but Tom, after some search, found four stout balks which he laid aside for future use.
Here's a crank pedal wants setting to rights, Balks one of holding the base.
But avowal of guilt so enormous, it balks Tongue's telling.
Pliant earth And plastic flame--what balks the mage his birth --Jacinth in balls or lodestone by the block?
Music essays to solve: and here 's the hitch That balks her of full triumph else to boast.
It is not an especially good hill climber, though that may be but a temporary fault, as sometimes it sails up an incline with ease, while at others balks at much lesser grades.
Pontoons, with a full supply of balks and chesses, had been prepared for the bridge over the Tennessee, and all things had been prearranged with a foresight that elicited my admiration.
The pontoons were of the skeleton pattern, with cotton-canvas covers, each boat, with its proportion of balks and cheeses, constituting a load for one wagon.
To Jack's eyes she appeared anything but furious, shored up high and dry in the yard, with huge balksof timber supporting her hull.
By the time he reached Jack's side the men had begun to batter simultaneously at both the doors with the balks of wood which, knowing Gumley, they had brought with them, evidently anticipating resistance.
They're mounting on balks of wood to 'scape the nails.
I used to watch them being milked through a crack between two of the balks where a knot had fallen out, leaving a convenient eyehole about the height of a walking-stick from the floor.
We lived in a place beyond, that was separated off from the cows by balksof rough timber.
While his thoughts were still on the matter, his eye caught the balksof timber used for fuel on this part of the line.
Hurrying to the entrance, Mr. Brown and Jack carried in as many balks of timber as they could find, dropping them at the turning of the gallery.
Without delay he sent Hi Lo to the back of the tender with an order to Wang Shih to carry two of the balks through the train and to drop them on the line from the communication door at the rear of the last carriage.
The East balksat our Western organization, our rule of the clock, and our rush and hurry.
The floats consist of balks of timber built round the main cable and bound together by means of iron hoops &c.
Target:--A large gun-boat, greatly strengthened internally by solid balksof timber.
Music essays to solve: and here's the hitch That balks her of full triumph else to boast.
Beneath these planks, which were taken up and put down as required, the rock was excavated to a depth of 9 feet, and the balks supported upon stout props.
It contradicts the character of the mission, balks our hopes, and frustrates our policy.
And there the wisdom, not the philanthropy, of Virginia balked fifty years ago; there the wisdom of America balks now.
The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect.
Inside, it is a shadowy place, stacked up high with sailing and fishing gear, flotsam, jetsam, balks of wood and all the odds and ends that he picks up on his prowlings along the coast.
Balks of wood from a naval target kept washing in.
Balks make winter firing when coal is dear and money scarce.
By the light of the stars, shining like points in the deep winter heavens, I could see the beansticks, the balks of wood and the old masts and oars.
Sighting, as we thought, some balks of timber, floating away on the ebb tide over the outside of Broken Rocks, two of us shoved a small boat down the beach.
It flourishes best in good deep soil, in which the most solid balksare grown: when planted on poor land or on gravel-beds it decays at the heart at a very early age.
The long straight balks of this Elm caused it at one time to be employed for water-pipes; these can be readily cut into boards of great length and width, which are useful for a variety of purposes.
Long balks of timber of various lengths were prepared to transmit the pressure to the cradles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "balks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
