Hypertext Webster Gateway: "balker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See 2d {Balk}.]
One who, or that which balks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
balker
n : a person who refuses to comply [syn: {baulker}]
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