Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Balker

Balker ({not transcribed}) , noun

[See 2d Balk.]

One who, or that which, balks.

Balker ({not transcribed}) , noun

[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.