Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piece of artillery, smaller than the demiculverin, formerly much employed in sieges.
- See
sacre . - noun A kind of hawk used in falconry, especially the female, which is larger than the male, the latter being called a sakeret or sacret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A falcon (
Falco sacer ) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner. - noun Prov. Eng. The peregrine falcon.
- noun (Mil.) A small piece of artillery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
falcon (Falco cherrug) native of SouthernEurope andAsia . - noun A medium
cannon slightly smaller than aculverin developed during the early 17th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hvis vi sier noe imot innvandring, kan vi bli anklaget på grunn av rasisme-og politiet har alltid en grunn til å undersøke eller gripe inn i saker …
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He is happy for our visit, and brings out one of his prize saker falcons on a leather cuff on his left wrist.
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He is happy for our visit, and brings out one of his prize saker falcons on a leather cuff on his left wrist.
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The saker falcon in the hallway looks like a sculpture.
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The huge ball, bigger than a man's head, had smashed full into the group clustered about the saker, and now they lay on the torn ground, their skulls blasted by the impact, or their bodies mangled by the flying iron splinters from their shattered gun.
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The huge ball, bigger than a man's head, had smashed full into the group clustered about the saker, and now they lay on the torn ground, their skulls blasted by the impact, or their bodies mangled by the flying iron splinters from their shattered gun.
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The huge ball, bigger than a man's head, had smashed full into the group clustered about the saker, and now they lay on the torn ground, their skulls blasted by the impact, or their bodies mangled by the flying iron splinters from their shattered gun.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Echoes Of Valor III - Karl Edward Wagner Blue Tyson 2008
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NRK trekker fram, først og fremst på nettsiden, andre problematiske saker som alle på ett eller annet vis har blitt tillagt spillavhengighet, mens de ikke trekker fram saker som sier noe annet.
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The huge ball, bigger than a man's head, had smashed full into the group clustered about the saker, and now they lay on the torn ground, their skulls blasted by the impact, or their bodies mangled by the flying iron splinters from their shattered gun.
Archive 2007-01-01 Blue Tyson 2007
fbharjo commented on the word saker
a shaker quaker??
August 31, 2011