"Roaring Meg" meaning in All languages combined

See Roaring Meg on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Roaring Megs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Roaring Meg}} Roaring Meg (plural Roaring Megs)
  1. A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend [London]derry during the siege of 1688-9. Categories (topical): Artillery
    Sense id: en-Roaring_Meg-en-noun-YZyjGfML Disambiguation of Artillery: 46 10 44
  2. (figuratively, now rare) Any large or impressive thing. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-Roaring_Meg-en-noun-0eJGu-Ty
  3. (obsolete) A kind of spinning top. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Artillery
    Sense id: en-Roaring_Meg-en-noun-GFDx07Ki Disambiguation of Artillery: 46 10 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 16 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 16 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 18 56

Inflected forms

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