Laker vs Saker - What's the difference?
laker | saker |
(nautical, North America) A ship used on the Great Lakes.
A wharfman who resides near a lake.
A falcon ( ) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
A medium cannon slightly smaller than a culverin developed during the early 17th century.
* 1663 ,
*:Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker , / He was th' inventor of, and maker: [...]
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