Cancelier
Pronunciation : Can`cel*ier"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
Definition : Defn: To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Can`cel*ier", Can"cel*eer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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 are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.
(Falconry)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913