noun.
One who gives steering directions to the helmsman of a, ship.
noun.
A person who stood upon a cliff or an elevated part of the sea-coast in the time of the herring-fishing, to point out to the fishermen by signs the course of shoals of fish; a balker.
noun.
One who tests, examines, or inspects; one who has a speeial knowledge of anything. See aleconner.