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Definition: Stannel
Stannel
\Stan"nel\ (-n[e^]l), 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.]
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With what wing the staniel checks at it. --Shak.
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