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saker (medicine)


saker


1. <zoology> 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.

The peregrine falcon.

2. A small piece of artillery. "On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers." (Macaulay) "The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart." (Hawthorne)

Origin: F. Sacre (cf. It. Sagro, Sp. & Pg. Sacre), either fr. L. Sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. Falcon, from holy, or more probably from Ar. Agr hawk

Alternative forms: sacar, sacre.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Landrum-Griffin Act (sh)




(1959) Legislation in the U.S. designed to counter labour-union corruption.

Officially called the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, it instituted federal penalties for labour officials who misused union funds or prevented union members from exercising their legal rights. The legislation was passed in response to Senate investigations that uncovered connections between labour and organized crime. Provisions included a strict ban on secondary boycotts (union efforts to stop one employer from dealing with another employer who is being struck or boycotted) and greater freedom for individual states to set the terms of labour relations within their borders.