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balker
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balker, n. [See 2d Balk.].
One who, or that which, balks. [1913 Webster]
balker, 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]
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