sak

n. a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice. [ Also spelled saki. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. çaqr hawk. ] [ Written also sacar, sacre. ] 1. (Zool.) (a) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The peregrine falcon. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A small piece of artillery. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sacret. See Saker. ] (Zool.) The male of the saker (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably from the native name. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The black saki (Pithecia satanas), the white-headed (Pithecia leucocephala), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (Pithecia chiropotes), are among the best-known. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled sake. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. } [ Ar. sāqīah canal, trench. ] A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]