Obs. rare–1. [deriv. of TERCEL.] = TERCELET, TERCEL.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts, v. (1683), 118–9. When they [hawks] lay three Eggs,… the first produceth a Female and large Hawk, the second of a midler sort, and the third a smaller Bird Tercellene or Tassel of the Masle Sex.
