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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sacre \Sa"cre\, n.
See {Saker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sacre \Sa"cre\, v. t. [F. sacrer. See {Sacred}.]
To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saker \Sa"ker\ (s[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F. sacre (cf. It sagro, Sp
& Pg sacre), either fr L. sacer sacred, holy, as a
translation of Gr "ie`rax falcon, from "iero`s holy, or more
probably from Ar [,c]aqr hawk.] [Written also {sacar},
{sacre}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
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.) 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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