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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Saker

/(sā"kẽr)/ · Sa·ker · IPA /ˈseɪkɚ/
01 n. A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
  1. 1.
    A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    The peregrine falcon.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    A small piece of artillery.(Mil.)
    “On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers.” Macaulay.
    “The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart.” Hawthorne.