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Sa·cre, v. t. To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.]
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Sa·ker n. [Written also sacar, sacre.]
1. Zool. (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.
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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