Huer

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  • n. One who cries out or gives an alarm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See balker.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A man stationed at the bow of a boat engaged in seining, to watch the movements of the fish and direct the course of the boat accordingly.
  • n. A man stationed on a hill or at a masthead to signal to fishing-boats the course taken by shoals of pilchard, herring, or other fish which shoal. Also called balker.
    • Word Usage
    "The merchant forgets his dignity, and joins them; the "huer," so calm and collected hitherto, loses his self-possession and waves his cap triumphantly; even you and I, reader, uninitiated spectators though we are, catch the infection, and cheer away with the rest, as if our bread depended on the event of the next few minutes."
    Variant
    balker   
    Same Context
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