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[TIERCEL.] *ta el-gent, *ta el-gentle, s. A trained male goshawk or tiercel; a tiercel-gentle. "Hist, Romeo, hist!-O, for a falconer's voice To lure this ta el - gentle back again.!" Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 2 IMG:content-0836.png:[blocks in formation] ta ell'd horn Shakes the high thicket."-Milton: Arcades. tăs-sie, s . [A dim in. from ta (q. v.).] A cup, a small ve el. ( Scotch .)