verb
To refuse
demur, resist, recoil, be unwilling; see hesitate, refuse 1.
To frustrate
thwart, hinder, check; see frustrate, prevent. See syn. study at frustrate.
See balk in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To prevent from accomplishing a purpose:
A large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction:
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