starnel dial.
(ˈstɑːnəl)
[A metathetic form of starling1. Not from OE. stearn some bird, perh. the starling (gl. beacita, sturnus).]
A starling.
| a 1800 Pegge Suppl. Grose, Starnel, a starling. North. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. Boston 725. 1888 Fenn Dick o' the Fens 158 Look at the starnels sattling down on the reeds. |