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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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