balker

3 definitions found

balker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Balker \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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See 2d Balk.]
     One who, or that which, balks.
     [1913 Webster]

balker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  balker
      n 1: a person who refuses to comply [syn: balker, baulker,
           noncompliant]