sarrasin

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sarrasin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F.
     sarrasine, LL. saracina. See Saracen.] (Fort.)
     A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]
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