balker, baulker, noncompliant
(noun) a person who refuses to comply
Source: WordNet® 3.1
balker (plural balkers)
One who, or that which balks.
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc, and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
• conder
• huer
• Blaker
Source: Wiktionary
Balk"er, n. Etym: [See 2d Balk.]
Definition: One who, or that which balks.
Balk"er, n. Etym: [See last Balk.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.