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stannel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kestrel  \Kes"trel\  (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l),  n.  [See  {Castrel}.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  slender  European  hawk  ({Falco  alaudarius}),  allied 
  to  the  sparrow  hawk.  Its  color  is  reddish  fawn,  streaked  and 
  spotted  with  white  and  black.  Also  called  {windhover}  and 
  {stannel}.  The  name  is  also  applied  to  other  allied  species. 
 
  Note:  This  word  is  often  used  in  contempt,  as  of  a  mean  kind 
  of  hawk.  ``Kites  and  kestrels  have  a  resemblance  with 
  hawks.''  --Bacon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stannel  \Stan"nel\,  n.  [AS.  st[=a]ngella,  stangilla  properly, 
  stone  yeller,  i.  e.,  a  bird  that  yells  from  the  rocks.  See 
  {Stone},  and  {Yell},  and  cf  {Stonegall}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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.