Then Adam Hogarth loosed off a demi-saker that he had in an upper room.
The performances consisted of The Scottish Chieftain, in which Saker played Ronald, the principal character, and a pantomime called Harlequin Rambler.
Within a quarter of an hour they had rounded the head, and stood in to the harbour mouth, within saker shot of Rivarol's three ships, to which they now abruptly disclosed themselves.
She was already within saker shot, and they could make out the figures stirring on her forecastle and the brass guns gleaming on her prow.
But the import of that statement, and the significance of the piece of news Milly Saker had just given him, were not made clear to him until later.
Milly Saker did not see her going upstairs, and apparently nobody saw her coming away.
It was apparent that Milly Saker had been talking, and that strange rumours were agitating the moat-house underworld.
Merrington had also come to the conclusion that her mother knew nothing about the crime until afterwards, and then she had endeavoured to shield her daughter by lying to the police and sending Milly Saker out of the way.
He recognized in Milly Saker a village playmate of nearly twenty years ago, and he recalled that it was she who had told his sister of the difference which had existed between Miss Heredith and her nephew's wife.
In the first place, Milly Saker saw her going down the hall in the direction of the left wing just before the murder was committed.
Next day--this morning--the housekeeper sent Milly Saker out of the way before she could be questioned by the police.
Into the Cameroon country Saker and his colleagues introduced the elements of civilization, and with the help of British men-of-war the oversea slave trade was finally stopped (c.
Saker founded at Ambas Bay a colony of the freed negroes who then left the island, the settlement being known as Victoria.
In 1870 the station at Bimbia was given up by the missionaries, but that at Akwa town continued to flourish, the Dualla showing themselves eager to acquire education, while Saker reduced their language to writing.
Now let us see if we can train this sakerto command the offing.
He brought them to anchor in a bravery, "within saker shot of the east Bulwark," and then dismissed their mariners ashore.
By two other discharges of the saker this castle was all torn in pieces, and was forced to retire out of the battle.
In this extremity, the saker was discharged a third time against the largest castle, which had been somewhat shaken by the two former discharges.
There was once a saker who was a cruel tyrant"--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
Nor can I compare thee and me but with the saker and the birds.
Pray you one be the saker stolen by the knaves from the Jesus; t'other might be the demi-culverin you fired so famously.
Body o' me, sure 'tis a saker taken from the Jesus herself!
The saker was a muzzle-loader weighing more than half a ton, and too cumbrous to be hauled up the steep cliff; but the falcon was less than half that weight, and the two rabinets weighed only three hundred pounds apiece.
Before he had finished, there was a flash and a roar from Turnpenny's saker just below.
Breastwork of Dilao One demi-saker of three libras caliber, old casting of Manila, length thirty-three calibers.
One full-sized saker of the same casting, caliber ten libras, length thirteen calibers.
Pedro near the New Port One saker cast in Mexico, caliber five libras, length thirty-two calibers.
One demi-saker cast in Manila by Sangleys, caliber three libras, length thirty calibers.
One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber two libras, length thirty diameters.
One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber three and a half libras, length thirty diameters.
The saker is a tolerably common bird throughout almost the whole of Central and Southern Asia, and is there very highly valued for practical purposes.
One of the authorities which is most often referred to gives the length of the female sakeras 18-1/2 inches, or the same as the peregrine, whereas every naturalist ought to know that the saker is a very much larger bird.
No doubt the saker of both sexes would afford excellent sport with rooks.
The tiercel of the saker is more properly called a sakret, sakeret, or sackeret.
The female saker will take hares well, and also ravine deer.
The flight at the short-eared owl is especially fine, and the quarry often rings, and attains to a very great height before the saker can get up.
It is also necessary to make sure that the hawk shall never taste the flesh of the kite when taken; as if once this has occurred the saker is useless ever afterwards for this quarry.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "saker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
