Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PED-E-RE'RO
PED-E-RE'RO, n. [Sp. pedrero, from piedra, a stone, L. petra, Gr. πετρος; so named from the use of stones in tin charge, before the invention of iron balls.]
A swivel gun; sometimes written paterero.
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