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Roaring Meg
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Noun
Roaring Meg
en historical A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9.
en figuratively now _ rare Any large or impressive thing.
2nd II 2 6 iii Musica est mentis medicina mæstæ, a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul
en obsolete A kind of spinning top.
en eponyms
en Artillery