roaring meg

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Definition of roaring meg in English English dictionary

Any large or impressive thing

Musica est mentis medicina mæstæ, a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul .

A kind of spinning top

A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle|Edinburgh Castle]] (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9

Related Terms

Roaring Megs

plural form of Roaring Meg

Hyphenation

roar·ing Meg

Turkish pronunciation

rôrîng meg

Pronunciation

/ˈrôrəɴɢ ˈmeg/ /ˈrɔːrɪŋ ˈmɛɡ/