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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Balker

· Balk·er · IPA
01 n. One who, or that which, balks.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, balks.
02 n. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; …
  1. 1.
    A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.