The 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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