balker
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Balk·er
n.
[See 2d Balk.]
One who, or that which, balks.
Balk·er
n.
[See last Balk.]
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.
