STANNEL

Etymology

From an Old English word, literally "stone yeller", i.e. a bird that calls from the rocks.

Noun

stannel (plural stannels)

(obsolete) kestrel

Anagrams

• lannets

Source: Wiktionary


Stan"nel, n. Etym: [AS. stangella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller, i.e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf. Stonegall.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.] With what wing the staniel checks at it. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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