Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See
balker .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who cries out or gives an
alarm .
Etymologies
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Examples
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All eyes are fixed on the "huer;" he stands watchful and still, until the shoal is thoroughly embayed, in water which he knows to be within the depth of the "seine" net.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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As soon as the "huer" discerns the first appearance of a shoal, he waves his bush.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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The merchants, to whom the boats and nets belong, and by whom the men are employed, join the "huer" on the cliff; all their friends follow them; boys shout, dogs bark madly; every little boat in the place puts off, crammed with idle spectators; old men and women hobble down to the beach to wait for the news.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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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.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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On the vigilance and skill of the "huer" much depends.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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Whenever the "huer" observes from above that they are startled, and are separating at any particular point, to that point he waves his bush, thither the boats are steered, and there the net is "shot" at once.
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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Comments like this make it very clear that she is not running for President in 2008, but simply seeking huer Obama's chances by stirring up racial divisions.
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Mon papa m'a acheté un poster de Scott Rider histoire de me faire enrager parce que je faisais que de le huer!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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When the h, who the hu, how the hue, where the huer?
Finnegans Wake 2006
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For no sooner was Billy let out of the stocks than off he went to Lawyer Mennear, who was a young man then just set up in practice, and as keen for a job as a huer for pilchards; and between them they patched up an action for false imprisonment -- damages claimed, one hundred pounds.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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