SAKER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

2.
n.

The peregrine falcon. [Prov. Eng.]

3.
n.

A small piece of artillery. Wilhelm. On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. Macaulay. The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart. Hawthorne.

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