Roaring Meg

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

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

b) Any large or impressive thing.

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