terceltierceln.

/ˈtəːs(ə)l/

/ˈtɪəs(ə)l/

Forms: α. Middle English tercelle, tersell(e, Middle English–1600s tercell, tersel, 1500s–1700s tersal (1600s terssell), Middle English– tercel. β. Middle English–1600s tarcel(l, tarsell, 1500s tarsall, 1600s–1700s tarsel, 1700s tarcel. γ. Middle English–1600s tassell, 1500s–1800s tassel (1600s tassil(l, 1500s tossell). δ. 1500s tyercelle, 1600s tyercell, 1600s– tiercel.

Etymology: < Old French tercel (a1200 in Godefroy), beside terçuel (12–13th cent.), also tresuel, tercieul, = Provençal tersol, tresol, Spanish terzuelo, Italian terz(u)olo < popular Latin tertiolus (13th cent. in Du Cange), diminutive from Latin tertius third: compare Latin fīlius, diminutive fīliolus, Italian figliuolo, French filleul. With the tar- forms, compare bark, barn, clerk, etc.; the γ-forms confuse tarsel and tassel; the δ-forms are influenced by modern French.

a. The male of any kind of hawk; in Falconry esp. of the peregrine falcon (tercel-gentle n.) and the goshawk. tercel jerkin [gyrkin n.] : see quot. 1623 at α. .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 n.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > type of hawk or falcon

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α.

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules (MSS. 1430–) 405 And therwithal the tersel [v.rr. tarsell, tercel, tersell] gan she calle.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 701/28 Hic tercellus, a tercelle.

1486 Bk. St. Albans A iij If she be a Goshawke or Tercell that shall be reclaymed euer fede hym with washe meete at the drawyng.

1615 Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 78 I sent a Tercell of a goshawk to my cozen.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Hawks A Gerfalcon, the male is called the Tercell Ierkin thereof.

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 86 The falcon always means the female, and the male is called the tercel.

1842 R. Browning Count Gismond xxi And have you brought my tercel back?

β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 615/24 Tardarius, a tarcel.a1500 Chaucer's Parl. Foules 415 (MS. R. 3. 19, Trin. C.C.) Thys Royall Tarcell spake and taryed nought.a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The tarsall gaif him tug for tug.a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 303 The falcons, tarsells, and other hawkes.c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 110 When Emma hawks: With her of tarsels and of lures he talks.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 84 The male is called, by falconers, a tarcel; that is, a tierce or third less than the other [sc. the female].γ. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 §3 Any Hawke of the brede of Englond callid Nyesse, gossehauke, tassell,..or fawcon.1545 Rates Custome House sig. biv Goshaukes the pece xiii.s. iiii.d. The tassell vi.s. viii.d.1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 400 The Tassell of the Saker is called a Hobbie, or Mongrell hawk.1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hawk The Male of an Eyess, is an Eyess-Tassel,..and of a Haggard, the Haggard-Tassel.δ. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 3 All these kynde of Hawkes, haue their Tyercelles, whiche are the male byrdes and cockes.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tiercel,..the same as Tassel [1678 adds] and Tercel.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 236/1 A Tyerclet, or Tyercell of a Goshawk.1865 Cornhill 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. figurative. Applied to a person.

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a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 90 Foule..tersell of a taide!

1611 G. Chapman May-day ii. i. 34 Whose foole are you? are not you the tassell of a Gander?

1856 G. H. Boker Leonor de Guzman iii. ii, in Plays & Poems I. 261 The ragged tercel that takes all our wealth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tercel
释义	terceltierceln. /ˈtəːs(ə)l//ˈtɪəs(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English tercelle, tersell(e, Middle English–1600s tercell, tersel, 1500s–1700s tersal (1600s terssell), Middle English– tercel. β. Middle English–1600s tarcel(l, tarsell, 1500s tarsall, 1600s–1700s tarsel, 1700s tarcel. γ. Middle English–1600s tassell, 1500s–1800s tassel (1600s tassil(l, 1500s tossell). δ. 1500s tyercelle, 1600s tyercell, 1600s– tiercel. Etymology: < Old French tercel (a1200 in Godefroy), beside terçuel (12–13th cent.), also tresuel, tercieul, = Provençal tersol, tresol, Spanish terzuelo, Italian terz(u)olo < popular Latin tertiolus (13th cent. in Du Cange), diminutive from Latin tertius third: compare Latin fīlius, diminutive fīliolus, Italian figliuolo, French filleul. With the tar- forms, compare bark, barn, clerk, etc.; the γ-forms confuse tarsel and tassel; the δ-forms are influenced by modern French. a. The male of any kind of hawk; in Falconry esp. of the peregrine falcon (tercel-gentle n.) and the goshawk. tercel jerkin [gyrkin n.] : see quot. 1623 at α. .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 n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > type of hawk or falcon airec1330 tercelc1381 terceletc1381 lannerc1400 sakerc1400 sakeretc1400 tercel-gentle1486 lannard1530 ramage1575 tercellenea1682 ramager1686 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > male tercelc1381 terceletc1381 tercel-gentle1486 Jack1575 tercellenea1682 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > male tercelc1381 terceletc1381 tercel-gentle1486 tercellenea1682 α. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules (MSS. 1430–) 405 And therwithal the tersel [v.rr. tarsell, tercel, tersell] gan she calle. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 701/28 Hic tercellus, a tercelle. 1486 Bk. St. Albans A iij If she be a Goshawke or Tercell that shall be reclaymed euer fede hym with washe meete at the drawyng. 1615 Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 78 I sent a Tercell of a goshawk to my cozen. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Hawks A Gerfalcon, the male is called the Tercell Ierkin thereof. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 86 The falcon always means the female, and the male is called the tercel. 1842 R. Browning Count Gismond xxi And have you brought my tercel back? β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 615/24 Tardarius, a tarcel.a1500 Chaucer's Parl. Foules 415 (MS. R. 3. 19, Trin. C.C.) Thys Royall Tarcell spake and taryed nought.a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The tarsall gaif him tug for tug.a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 303 The falcons, tarsells, and other hawkes.c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 110 When Emma hawks: With her of tarsels and of lures he talks.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 84 The male is called, by falconers, a tarcel; that is, a tierce or third less than the other [sc. the female].γ. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 §3 Any Hawke of the brede of Englond callid Nyesse, gossehauke, tassell,..or fawcon.1545 Rates Custome House sig. biv Goshaukes the pece xiii.s. iiii.d. The tassell vi.s. viii.d.1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 400 The Tassell of the Saker is called a Hobbie, or Mongrell hawk.1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hawk The Male of an Eyess, is an Eyess-Tassel,..and of a Haggard, the Haggard-Tassel.δ. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 3 All these kynde of Hawkes, haue their Tyercelles, whiche are the male byrdes and cockes.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tiercel,..the same as Tassel [1678 adds] and Tercel.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 236/1 A Tyerclet, or Tyercell of a Goshawk.1865 Cornhill 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. figurative. Applied to a person. ΚΠ a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 90 Foule..tersell of a taide! 1611 G. Chapman May-day ii. i. 34 Whose foole are you? are not you the tassell of a Gander? 1856 G. H. Boker Leonor de Guzman iii. ii, in Plays & Poems I. 261 The ragged tercel that takes all our wealth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1381
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