† strike-balkv.
Agriculture. Obsolete.
See quot. 1736: = rest-balk v. (Young's explanation is apparently due to misapprehension).
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strike-balk1736
1736 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 39 Strike-baulk, to plough one Furrow, and leave another.
1784 Ann. Agric. 1 308 Autumnal strike-balking, as it is termed in Kent, is of exceeding use for winter-fallows.
1807 T. Rudge Gen. View Agric. Glouc. (1813) 110 In the neighbourhood of Stow..it is the practice, in dry seasons, to plough one furrow and leave one; which is called ‘risbalking’, or ‘strike balking’.
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