Bible Dictionaries
Balker

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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; a conder; a huer.

(2):

(n.) One who, or that which balks.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Balker'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/balker.html. 1828.