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tiercelet

tiercelet


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiercel  \Tier"cel\,  Tiercelet  \Tierce"let\,  n.  [OE.  tercel, 
  tercelet,  F.  tiercelet,  a  dim.  of  (assumed)  tiercel,  or  LL 
  tertiolus  dim.  fr  L.  tertius  the  third  --  so  called 
  according  to  some  because  every  third  bird  in  the  nest  is  a 
  male,  or  according  to  others  because  the  male  is  the  third 
  part  less  than  female.  Cf  {Tercel}.]  (Falconry) 
  The  male  of  various  falcons,  esp.  of  the  peregrine;  also  the 
  male  of  the  goshawk.  --Encyc.  Brit.