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Saker
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
2. The peregrine falcon. [Prov. Eng.]
3. 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.