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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stannel \Stan"nel\ (-n[e^]l), n. [AS. st[=a]ngella, stangilla;
     properly, stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the
     rocks. See {Stone}, and {Yell}, and cf. {Stonegall}.] (Zool.)
     The kestrel; -- called also {standgale}, {standgall},
     {stanchel}, {stand hawk}, {stannel hawk}, {steingale},
     {stonegall}. [Written also {staniel}, {stannyel}, and


     {stanyel}.]
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           With what wing the staniel checks at it. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steingale \Stein"gale\, n.
     The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]
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