·noun The peregrine falcon.
II. Saker ·noun A small piece of artillery.
III. Saker ·noun A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
A very old gun, 8 or 9 feet long, and of about 5 lbs. calibre: immortalized in Hudibras: "The cann...
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