Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAKER
n. 1. A hawk; a species of falcon.
2. A piece of artillery.
SAKERET
n.The male of the sakerhawk.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAKER
Sa "ker, n. Etym: [F. sacre (cf. It. sagro, Sp. & Pg. sacre ), either fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. hawk. ] [Written also sacar, sacre. ]
1. (Zo \'94l.) (a ) A falcon (Falco sacer ) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
Note: The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. (b ) The peregrine falcon. [Prov. Eng. ]
2. (Mil. )
Defn: 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.
SAKERET
Sa "ker *et, n. Etym: [F. sacret. See Saker. ] (Zo \'94l.)
Defn: The male of the saker (a ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
saker
sa ker |ˈsākər ˈseɪkər | ▶noun 1 a large Eurasian falcon with a brown back and whitish head, used in falconry. [Falco cherrug, family Falconidae. ] 2 an early form of cannon. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sacre, from Arabic ṣaḳr ‘falcon. ’
Oxford Dictionary
saker
saker |ˈseɪkə | ▶noun 1 a large Eurasian falcon with a brown back and whitish head, used in falconry. ●Falco cherrug, family Falconidae. 2 an early form of cannon. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sacre, from Arabic ṣaqr ‘falcon ’.
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