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tercel, tiercel|ˈtɜːs(ə)l, ˈtɪəs(ə)l|
Forms: α. 5 tercelle, -sell(e, 5–7 -cell, -sel, 6– 8 -sal (7 terssell), 4– tercel. β. 5–7 tarcel(l, -sell, 6 -sall, 7–8 -sel, 8 -cel. γ. 5–7 tassell, 6–9 tassel (7 -il(l, 6 tossell). δ. 6 tyercelle, 7 -cell, 7– tiercel.
[a. OF. tercel (a 1200 in Godef.), beside terçuel (12–13th c.), also tresuel, tercieul, = Pr. tersol, tresol, Sp. terzuelo, It. terz(u)olo:—pop. L. tertiolus (13th c. in Du Cange), dim. from L. tertius third: cf. L. fīlius, dim. fīliolus, It. figliuolo, F. filleul. With the tar- forms, cf. bark, barn, clerk, etc.; the γ-forms confuse tarsel and tassel; the δ-forms are influenced by mod.F.]
The male of any kind of hawk; in Falconry esp. of the peregrine falcon (tercel-gentle) and the goshawk. tercel jerkin [jerkin2]: see quot. 1623.
Said by some to have been so called as being one-third smaller than the female bird, by others because a third egg in a nest was believed to be smaller and to produce a male bird: cf. quot. s.v. tercellene.
αc1381Chaucer Parl. Foules (MSS. 1430–) 405 And therwithal the tersel [v.rr. tarsell, tercel, tersell] gan she calle. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 701/28 Hic tercellus, a tercelle. 1486Bk. St. Albans A iij, If she be a Goshawke or Tercell that shall be reclaymed euer fede hym with washe meete at the drawyng. 1615Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 78, I sent a Tercell of a goshawk to my cozen. 1623Cockeram iii. s.v. Hawks, A Gerfalcon, the male is called the Tercell Ierkin thereof. 1834R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 86 The falcon always means the female, and the male is called the tercel. 1842Browning Count Gismond xxi, And have you brought my tercel back?
† β14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 615/24 Tardarius, a tarcel. a1500Chaucer's Parl. Foules 415 (MS. R. 3. 19, Trin. C.C.) Thys Royall Tarcell spake and taryed nought. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 81 The tarsall gaif him tug for tug. c1640J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 303 The falcons, tarsells, and other hawkes. c1704Prior Henry & Emma 110 When Emma hawks: With her of tarsels and of lures he talks. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. ii. i. 30 The male is called by falconers a tarcel; that is, a tierce or third less than the other [the female].
† γ1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 17 §3 Any Hawke of the brede of Englond callid Nyesse, gossehauke, tassell,..or fawcon. 1545Rates of Customs b iv, Goshaukes the pece xiii.s. iiii.d. The tassell vi.s. viii.d. 1635Swan Spec. M. (1670) 355 The Tassel of the Saker is called a Hobbie, or Mongrel Hawk. 1727Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Hawk, The Male of an Eyess, is an Eyess-Tassel,..and of a Haggard, the Haggard-Tassel.
δ1575Turberv. Falconrie 3 All these kynde of hawkes haue their Tyercelles, whiche are the male byrdes and cockes. 1658Phillips, Tiercel,..the same as Tassel [1678 adds] and Tercel. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 236/1 A Tyerclet, or Tyercell of a Goshawk. 1865Cornh. Mag. May 625 Tiercels are better than falcons for magpie-hawking, as they are unquestionably quicker amongst hedgerows, and can turn in a smaller compass.
b. fig. Applied to a person.
a1585Montgomerie Flyting 90 Foule..tersell of a taide! 1611Chapman May Day Plays 1873 II. 355 Whose foole are you? are not you the tassell of a Gander? 1856G. H. Boker Leonor de Guzman i. ii, The ragged tercel that takes all our wealth. |