tercel (tersel)

[Formerly also tiercel, terselle, tarsel, and by a imilation ta el, ta ell; Another tersel egle spak anon. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 449. I could not any where come by a go -hawk, nor ta el of falcon. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, i. 39. With her of Tarsels and of Lures he talks. Prior , Henry and Emma. Tercel gentt, tercel gentlet, a trained tercel. I marvel what blood thou art - neither Eng lander nor Scottish nor flesh. Marry, out upon thee, foul kite, that would fain be a tercel gentle ! Scott , Abbot, iv.