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Webster 1913 Edition
Stannel
Stan′nel
(-nĕl)
, Noun.
[AS.
stāngella
, stangilla
; properly, stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone
, and Yell
, and cf. Stonegall
.] (Zool.)
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Stannel
STANNEL
, STANYEL,Noun.