Category:Stannel

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.)

Defn: 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.