balkish

adj

balkish

adj

Etymology From balk + -ish.

1

Obsolete, Rare uneven; ridgy

[…] I was forthwyth reclaymed from my former resolution, reckening it for better, that my penne shoulde walke in such wyse in that craggie and balkishe way […]1577, Richard Stanihurst, A plain and perfect description of Ireland, quoted in The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works:

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