What's the difference between piercel and tiercel?
Piercel
Definition:
(n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
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Tiercel
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Tiercelet
Example Sentences:
(1) A couple of flaps, and the male, the tiercel, would be above the female, and then he’d drift north of her, and then slip down, fast, like a knife-cut, a smooth calligraphic scrawl underneath her, and she’d dip a wing, and then they’d soar up again.