SAKER

saker. Saker, n. a kind of cannon, a kind of hawk, ob.

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Sa″ker (sā″kẽr), n. [[F. sacre (cf. It. sagro, Sp. & Pg. sacre), either fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. ιἕραξ falcon, from ιερὅσ holy, or more probably from Ar. çaqr hawk.]] [Written also sacar, sacre.] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
☞ The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. (b) The peregrine falcon. 2. 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.