Definition of Canceleir
Can`cel*ier" (?), v. i. [F.
chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross
the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E.
cancel.] (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said
of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares.
He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is
forced
To cancelier.
Massinger.
{ Can`cel*ier" (?), Can"cel*eer (?) },
n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk
upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the
stoop. [Obs.]
The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from
the skies,
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.
Drayton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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