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Webster 1913 Edition
Pederero
Pedˊe-re′ro
,Noun.
[Sp.
pedrero
, fr. OSp. pedra
, Sp. piedra
, a stone, L. petra
, fr. Gr. πέτρα
. So named because it was at first charged with stones.] (Mil.)
A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.
[Written also
paterero
and peterero
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Pederero
PEDERE'RO
,Noun.
A swivel gun; sometimes written paterero.