Word Meanings - TERCELET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

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• EAGLESTONE
  A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
• EAGLEWOOD
  A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
• EAGLE-EYED
  Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.
• EAGLE-SIGHTED
  Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.
• EAGLET
  A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
• EAGLE-WINGED
  Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.
• EAGLESS
  A female or hen eagle. Sherwood.
• EAGLE
  Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle ; the
• BALD EAGLE
  The white-headed eagle of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States.
• PORBEAGLE
  A species of shark , about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark.
• SPREAD-EAGLED
  1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.
• WATER EAGLE
  The osprey.
• SPREAD-EAGLE
  Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
• GIER-EAGLE
  A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture .
• BEAGLE
  1. A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix. 2. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
• SEA EAGLE
  Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliæetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle ; and the Indian white-
• BOLD EAGLE
  an Australian eagle , which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture. Syn. -- Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
• PROBEAGLE
  See PORBEAGLE
• TIERCEL; TIERCELET
  The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit. (more info) dim. of tiercel, or LL. tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called, according to some, because every third bird in the nest