† under-sakern.
Obsolete. rare.
A small variety of cannon.
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murderer1495
curtala1509
minion1513
passe-volant1513
pikmoyane1513
saker1521
base1539
robinet1547
quarter cannon?a1549
bersec1550
murdresarc1550
yetling1558
battardc1565
demi-cannon1577
calabass1578
double curtal1582
demi-culverin1587
rabinet1596
murdering piece1601
drake1627
putter1646
cartow1650
putterlingc1650
minion drakea1661
cut1672
under-saker1678
murther1688
carronade1779
carthoun1849
1678 Earl of Orrery in Cal. Ormonde MSS. (N.S.) IV. 104 The lesser guns, as sakers and under-sakers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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