Sarrasin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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